The virus has claimed the lives of over 100,700 Californians and more than 1.13 million people across the nation. CDC data covering 2022 showed the virus had dropped from being the nation’s third leading cause of death to the fourth spot. On May 5, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic was no longer a global emergency, just as the United States recorded its lowest number of deaths since the virus first emerged in early 2020.
The dominance of the XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant and emergence of other subvariants, such as XBB.1.16, XBB.1.9.1, and XBB.2.3, did not deter the progress. (The testing data does not account for the vast number of home tests that do not get reported to officials.) By contrast, the one-week positivity rate averaged almost 13% at the end of December, and during the winter surge a year earlier, it was 22%. When the COVID-19 public health emergency ended on May 11, California and the Bay Area had notched a dramatic reduction in their worst COVID outcomes: From the beginning of 2023 to early May, deaths decreased by 77%, while hospitalizations plummeted by 70%.Īs of May 1, the 7-day average rate of lab tests that were COVID-positive had dropped to just under 5%, the threshold researchers generally consider for having coronavirus transmission under control.
What are the current trends in California and beyond?
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