As of Tuesday, January 5, six of the state’s 58 counties had vaccinated 5% or more of its population. San Diego County is the only major county in Southern California to have more than 5% vaccination.
See how many vaccines each county received in the week of December 28, according to the California Department of Public Health. The data also shows the percentage of the population in each municipality. The cities of Berkeley, Long Beach and Pasadena are not counted in their respective county totals.
ICU capacity regions
Regional home stay requests have been implemented for four of California’s five regions, excluding Northern California only. If a region exceeds the limit of having less than 15% availability of ICU, the order of stay at home comes into force.
Orders prohibit private meetings of any size, limit many business and public sector operations and capabilities, and require 100% masking and physical detachment.
These maps show the ICU capacity in each region on December 8, 15, 22 and 29. The percentages here have been adjusted by state health officials to represent the high levels of patients with COVID-19 among all ICU patients. More real beds may be available.
Layer system
California has only one of its 58 counties in the orange layer (considered moderate risk) and three counties in the red layer (substantial risk), according to the state’s four-layer coronavirus tracking system.
There are now 54 counties in the purple layer in Tuesday’s updates. Same number as last week.
The state is no longer doing a weekly update and level assignments can occur any day of the week and can occur more than once a week, officials said.
As of November 24, the state had 41 counties in purple, 11 counties in red, four in orange, two in yellow.
Counties are assigned a level based on metrics that show the speed and spread of the virus across their borders.
As for the Southern California region, almost all counties had a significant increase in cases per 100,000 residents and positivity rates.
Progression of states in levels since September 22:
State metrics:
Sources: covid19ca.gov, California Department of Public Health, US Census, USDA, California State Association of Counties