Sources: The Los Angeles Times
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 will require face masks in schools despite CDC guidelines saying that vaccinated students are not required to wear a mask. 2021-07-9
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
Virginia reports its two first cases of the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant first detected in California. 2021-03-25
California surpasses New York as the U.S. state with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths. 2021-02-11
Texas surpasses two million cases of COVID-19, becoming the second state to do so after California. 2021-01-14
California reports 20,654 new cases in the last 24 hours, a new single-day record since the pandemic began. 2020-11-23
New York surpasses 500,000 total confirmed COVID-19 cases, becoming the fourth state to surpass that number after California, Florida and Texas. 2020-10-28
California Governor Gavin Newsom confirms that the state has signed a deal with Massachusetts-based PerkinElmer to provide faster testing results. 2020-08-26
California reports the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in a single day, with 12,807 new cases that bring the statewide total to 413,576 cases, surpassing New York in the process. 2020-07-22