It seems that the amount of\nconfirmed California COVID-19 cases being diagnosed per day is dropping. On\nJanuary 26, 2020 the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in California, which was the\nthird case in the United States. The 50 year old man, who had reportedly\nreturned home from a trip to Wuhan, China, was released on February 1, 2020 and\nsent to in home isolation. Although he was the first, he was certainly not the\nlast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On March 19, 2020, a statewide stay at home order was put into\neffect to increase social distancing and help decrease the rate in which the\ninfection was spreading. The statewide stay at home order seemed to work well,\nas the number of cases being diagnosed each day was relatively low, starting in\nJanuary through the end of May. However, California started to see a large increase in the amount of COVID cases\nbeing diagnosed per day starting in mid to late June, which was around the time\nthat businesses and other public venues began to open back up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During July 2020, California hit\nits peak to date at about 12,000 confirmed cases per day. During September, the\nconfirmed cases per day never rose above 6,000. Since mid-September, the\nconfirmed cases per day has remained below 6,000, at around 3,000 per day. It\nappears that California may have reached its peak in July of 2020, and the\namount of confirmed diagnosed cases per day is on the decline. With the\nCOVID-19 vaccine reportedly around the corner, the COVID-19 pandemic may soon\nbe over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information, including California\u2019s COVID-19: hospital bed utilization, death rate per day, death grow rate, and total confirmed cases, visit California Paramedic Foundation\u2019s COVID-19 webpage<\/a> and The New York Times California Covid Map and Case Count<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n References:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The New York Times. (Updated October 15, 2020, 4:05 P.M. E.T.) California Covid Map and Case Count. https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/us\/california-coronavirus-cases.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n