SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s COVID-19 numbers are showing early signs of improvement, after the state’s case and hospital rates climbed steadily from early April through mid-July, though some regions of the state are faring better than others.
The California Department of Public Health in an update Tuesday reported the latest coronavirus case rate at 44.5 per 100,000 residents, a 10% decrease in the past week.
And for the first time since the subsiding of the original omicron surge in January, California’s test positivity rate also fell by a notable margin, though it remains high in absolute terms. CDPH on Tuesday reported positivity at 15%, down from 16.2% one week earlier.
