Sources: KABC-TV
The United States reports its first case of the Omicron variant in a person who travelled from South Africa to California. 2021-12-1
California surpasses 50,000 deaths of COVID-19, becoming the first U.S. state to do so. 2021-02-24
California surpasses New York as the U.S. state with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths. 2021-02-11
California reports a record 764 deaths in the past 24 hours. 2021-01-22
Texas surpasses two million cases of COVID-19, becoming the second state to do so after California. 2021-01-14
California reports its first case of a more contagious variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom in a patient from Southern California. 2020-12-30
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
California reports 20,654 new cases in the last 24 hours, a new single-day record since the pandemic began. 2020-11-23
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
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