Coronavirus state tracker: California surpasses 10,000 deaths; hospitalizations have been declining

California has surpassed 10,000 deaths related to the coronavirus, based on updates Friday, Aug. 7, to statewide statistics.

California had 181 deaths reported according to unofficial counts from county websites on Friday, raising its total to 10,171 people who have died. The state also had 9,471 new cases of the coronavirus reported. Total cases is at least 547,988.

The state’s daily reported hospitalizations have continued to decline. There were 208 fewer hospitalizations (7,277) as of Friday, down 15% from its high of 8,571 on July 25, according to tracker figures.

Los Angeles County, which accounts for 37% of the state’s infections, is also seeing a downward trend in daily hospitalizations. According to its public health reports, there are 1,680 confirmed cases currently hospitalized, 30% of which are confirmed cases in the ICU. Last week, the county reported more than 2,000 daily hospitalizations.

The state’s breakdown of cases by age is as follows:

• 5 and younger: 2% (10,730)
• 5-17: 7.3% (39,463)
• 18-34: 35.4% (190,428)
• 35-49: 25% (134,855)
• 50-59: 14% (75,559)
• 60-64: 5.1% (27,382)
• 65-69: 3.5% (18,852)
• 70-74: 2.4% (13,144)
• 75-79: 1.7% (9,1314)
• 80 and older: 3.4% (18,152)

The state’s breakdown of deaths by age group is as follows:

• 5 and younger: 0% (0)
• 5-17: 0% (1)
• 18-34: 1.5% (146)
• 35-49: 5.8% (568)
• 50-59: 10% (976)
• 60-64: 8% (782)
• 65-69: 9.8% (965)
• 70-74: 11.3% (1,105)
• 75-79: 11.7% (1,111)
• 80 and older: 42.3% (4,152)

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