As of August 6, California is the state with the highest overall number of COVID-19 cases and related deaths nationwide.
California's highest-ever daily total for new COVID-19 infections during the current summer season is higher than the state's highest-ever daily total reported last summer.
The recent rise in new cases has coincided with a rise in testing across the state. Over 250,000 tests were conducted on Friday, compared with just 30,000 a day near the start of the month, Deadline reported. Over the last 10 days, COVID-related hospitalizations in the state have increased by 97 percent.
California’s COVID-19 rates during summer 2021 are worse than at the same time last year. In this photo, several masked people attend a naturalization ceremony ahead of World Refugee Day by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services on June 17, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.State case numbers have increased among all age groups. However, millennials between the ages of 18 and 34 account for the biggest rise in state COVID-19 cases,reported, citing state and federal data.
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