As of Thursday — 10 months after Dowd fell ill — more than 1 million Californians have been confirmed to be infected. California hit this latest milestone as the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are both on the rise in California, echoing increases nationwide. Gavin Newsom’s projection on March 19 that 25 million Californians could fall ill with COVID-19, even taking into account that many cases have probably been missed. With 1 million cases, approximately 2.5% of Californians have had COVID; that rate is higher in 36 states. The bigger-than-ever surge fueled by these factors accounts for more than half of the state’s COVID-19 cases.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 13, 2020 13:02 UTC