Sources: KABC-TV
California becomes the first U.S. state and the world's first subnational entity to surpass five million cases of COVID-19. 2021-12-28
The United States reports its first case of the Omicron variant in a person who travelled from South Africa to California. 2021-12-1
Pakistan reports its first five cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Epsilon variant in Lahore, which was originally detected in California. 2021-07-31
California reports the United States' first case of the "double mutant" variant of SARS-CoV-2 first detected in India. The variant has been detected in the San Francisco Bay Area. 2021-04-4
New York surpasses one million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fourth state to do so after Texas, California and Florida. 2021-01-2
California extends a regional stay-at-home order in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley due to rise of hospitalizations in the state. 2020-12-29
California reports a record 13,005 new cases in the last 24 hours. In addition, 4,750 people are hospitalized, the first time the state has seen such numbers since August. 2020-11-20
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
The governors of five states: California, Ohio, Illinois, Washington and Massachusetts, order bars and restaurants to close in response to the pandemic. 2020-03-15