A news release from the California Department of Public Health: State Officials Announce Latest COVID-19 Facts. Excerpt:
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Public Health today announced the most recent statistics on COVID-19. California now has 4,643 confirmed cases. For more information on COVID-19 and California's response visit the California Department of Public Health website.
COVID-19 in California by the Numbers
Note: The following numbers reflect information received by local health jurisdictions as of 2 p.m. PDT March 27. More current numbers may be available from local health jurisdictions.
4,643 – Positive cases
101 – Deaths (including one non-California resident)
• 923 – Community-acquired cases
• 3,720 – Cases acquired through person-to-person transmission, travel (including cruise ship passengers), repatriation, or under investigation.
º This includes 73 health care workers.
Ages of all confirmed positive cases:
Age 0-17: 54 cases
Age 18-49: 2,368 cases
Age 50-64: 1,184 cases
Age 65+: 1,016 cases
Unknown: 21 cases
Gender of all confirmed positive cases:
• Female: 2,057 cases
• Male: 2,536 cases
• Non-binary: 0 cases
• Unknown: 50 cases
Testing in California
As of 2 p.m. PDT on March 27, approximately 89,600 tests had been conducted in California. This includes the latest numbers California has received from commercial and private labs and the 22 state and county health labs that are currently testing. Commercial, provider and academic labs have increased testing capacity and are now reporting that data to the state. The biggest labs included in this count include Quest, LabCorp, Kaiser, University of California and Stanford.
At least 25,192 results have been received and another 64,400 are pending.