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Coronavirus: California is first state to hit 2 million Covid cases
Updated 3:13 PM; Today 3:13 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California became the first state to record 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases, reaching the milestone on Christmas Eve as nearly the entire state was under a strict stay-at-home order and hospitals were flooded with the largest crush of cases since the pandemic began.
A tally by Johns Hopkins University showed the nation’s most populous state has recorded 2,010,157 infections since January. More than 23,000 people have died from the virus in California.
Behind California, the states with the most Covid cases are Texas (1.65 million), Florida (1.25 million), Illinois (925,000) and New York (891,000). Only New York and Texas have had more deaths from Covid-19 than California, with over 37,000 and 26,000, respectively.
California’s infection rate — in terms of the number of cases per 100,000 people — is lower than the U.S. average, but its nearly 40 million residents mean the outbreak outpaces other states in sheer numbers.
The grim milestone comes as a COVID-19 crisis that health officials say stems from Thanksgiving gatherings strains the state’s medical system. More than 18,000 people are hospitalized and many of the state’s intensive care units are filled.
The state has seen its number of cases climb exponentially in recent weeks, fueled largely by people who ignored warnings and held traditional Thanksgiving gatherings, health officials say. Soaring rates of hospitalizations and deaths have overwhelmed intensive care units and prompted hospitals to put emergency room patients in tents and treat others in offices and auditoriums.
This is not good news
Coronavirus: California is first state to hit 2 million Covid cases
Updated 3:13 PM; Today 3:13 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California became the first state to record 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases, reaching the milestone on Christmas Eve as nearly the entire state was under a strict stay-at-home order and hospitals were flooded with the largest crush of cases since the pandemic began.
A tally by Johns Hopkins University showed the nation’s most populous state has recorded 2,010,157 infections since January. More than 23,000 people have died from the virus in California.
Behind California, the states with the most Covid cases are Texas (1.65 million), Florida (1.25 million), Illinois (925,000) and New York (891,000). Only New York and Texas have had more deaths from Covid-19 than California, with over 37,000 and 26,000, respectively.
California’s infection rate — in terms of the number of cases per 100,000 people — is lower than the U.S. average, but its nearly 40 million residents mean the outbreak outpaces other states in sheer numbers.
The grim milestone comes as a COVID-19 crisis that health officials say stems from Thanksgiving gatherings strains the state’s medical system. More than 18,000 people are hospitalized and many of the state’s intensive care units are filled.
The state has seen its number of cases climb exponentially in recent weeks, fueled largely by people who ignored warnings and held traditional Thanksgiving gatherings, health officials say. Soaring rates of hospitalizations and deaths have overwhelmed intensive care units and prompted hospitals to put emergency room patients in tents and treat others in offices and auditoriums.