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California reports 35,468 new cases in the past 24 hours, a new single-day record since the pandemic began. It also reports a record number of hospitalized patients: 2,013, and record number of 2,669 intensive care patients.
2020-12-11

Florida surpasses one million cases, becoming the third state to do so after California and Texas.
2020-12-1

California reports 20,654 new cases in the last 24 hours, a new single-day record since the pandemic began.
2020-11-23

Governor Gavin Newsom announces that he has pulled an "emergency brake", which means that starting the following day, California will implement more closures and stricter restrictions, which will cover 41 counties containing 94% of the state's population.
2020-11-16

California Governor Gavin Newsom confirms that the state has signed a deal with Massachusetts-based PerkinElmer to provide faster testing results.
2020-08-26

Military medics are deployed to hospitals in Texas and California as cases surge.
2020-07-17

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in California reaches 2,226, with 42 deaths.
2020-03-24

Los Angeles County, California, announces a near-lockdown, urging residents to stay in their homes and to only go out in public for essential needs.
2020-03-19

The "Grand Princess" cruise ship, with at least 21 people aboard who've tested positive for COVID-19, has docked at the Port of Oakland, California, to continue to the next step in the quarantining measures process. The ship was carrying more than 2,000 passengers, as well as 1,100 crew members. The Grand Princess had been idling about 10 miles offshore since Thursday (March 5). Disembarking American passengers are being put under mandatory 14-day quarantine at military bases in California, Texas or Georgia. Foreign passengers are being sent to their home countries for the completion of the quarantine.
2020-03-9

Connecticut confirms its first case of COVID-19 in Wilton, which is believed to have been contracted during a trip to California.
2020-03-8