Tracking the coronavirus in California nursing homes

As of January 2023

9,716

deaths

13%

of state total

Deaths attributed to COVID-19 have skewed heavily toward the elderly, making nursing homes a tragic focal point of the pandemic.

The Times is tracking the latest COVID-19 data from the hundreds of skilled-nursing facilities across the state. Each day, state agencies release counts for residents and staff, which are compiled here.

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The latest totals

So far, a total of 139,994 cases and 9,716 deaths have been reported at skilled-nursing facilities in California.

Over the past week, the state’s nursing homes have averaged 1,338 new cases and 8 new deaths per day.

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About the numbers

This page was created by Swetha Kannan, Casey Miller, Sean Greene, Lorena Iñiguez Elebee, Rong-Gong Lin II, Ryan Murphy, Melody Gutierrez, Priya Krishnakumar, Sandhya Kambhampati, Maloy Moore, Jennifer Lu, Aida Ylanan, Vanessa Martínez, Ryan Menezes, Thomas Suh Lauder, Andrea Roberson, Ben Poston, Nicole Santa Cruz, Iris Lee, Rahul Mukherjee, Jaclyn Cosgrove, Anthony Pesce, Paul Duginski, Phi Do, Alejandro Maciel, Matt Stiles and Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee.

State and county totals come from the California Department of Public Health. Numbers are gathered and posted each day. Data on hospitalizations, tests, demographics and reopening plans also come from the state health department.

The number of people who have recovered from a coronavirus infection is an estimate, created by a model described in our FAQ.

Nursing home totals include skilled-nursing facilities tracked by the state public health department, as well as assisted-living facilities monitored by the California Department of Social Services.

Data from other states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico are collected by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering.

Counties are organized into regions using the groupings developed by the state health department.

The Times database is available to the public on Github, a popular website for hosting data and computer code. The files will be updated daily at github.com/datadesk/california-coronavirus-data.

The data collection effort is done in partnership with journalists at the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Diego Union-Tribune, KQED, KPCC, CapRadio, Calmatters and Stanford’s Big Local News.

Learn more about The Times count by reading this list of frequently asked questions or by reading this interview with members of our team.

If you see information here that you believe is incorrect or out of date, please contact Sean Greene at [email protected] or Iris Lee at [email protected].

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