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California: Long-term-care historical data

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California's skilled nursing facilities do not include deaths of residents that occurred in a different location 14-days after a resident is transferred to another setting, such as a hospital. This may result in an undercount of long-term care deaths. Interpret California deaths with caution.

When reports no data, several days of data, or unusual data (such as decreases in values that should increase), our volunteers note it here on the date the anomaly occurred. We also note here changes in our own methodology that affect the data.

California reports long-term care data for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Adult and Residential Care Facilities for the elderly. They are reported separately.

Skilled Nursing Facility cumulative data starts on January 1, 2020 and is updated daily. California Skilled Nursing Facilities deaths include those that occurred at Nursing Homes and those that occurred in other locations, such as a hospital or private home, if the death occurred within the 14-day bed hold period after the resident transferred from the Nursing Facility. Deaths that occurred outside of this 14-day period may not be captured. Reported data categorizes by resident or staff cases and deaths.

Adult and Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly licensed by the California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division does not list facilities with a capacity for seven or more persons in care, which reflects in a lower number of facilities. Residential Care Facility data reports residents and staff combined.

September 3, 2020: Nursing Home facility number carried from August 27, 2020.

October 1, 2020: Nursing Home facility number carried from September 24, 2020.

October 29, 2020: Nursing Home facility number carried from October 22, 2020

July 16, 2020: Residential Care Facilities report current active cases. This information, placed in the outbreak category, consists of cases that were diagnosed in the last 29 days and for which no death was reported.

November 4, 2020: California changed the definition of an "active" case for Residential Care Facilities.

DateResident CasesResident DeathsStaff CasesStaff DeathsTotal CasesTotal Deaths
January 14, 202189,93910,49746,241196136,18010,693
January 7, 202182,4669,50143,218191125,6849,692
December 31, 202075,3508,65339,846174115,1968,827
December 24, 202067,4587,85436,429169103,8878,023
December 17, 202061,0357,32433,04716794,0827,491
December 10, 202052,5036,78228,57116381,0746,945
December 3, 202047,7216,47425,92316073,6446,634
November 26, 202044,2136,26624,35615668,5696,422
November 19, 202041,7796,11222,96315564,7426,267
November 12, 202040,0386,00522,03515462,0736,159
November 5, 202038,8775,91921,35515460,2326,073
October 29, 202038,2195,84220,91215359,1315,995
October 22, 202037,5925,76720,56815158,1605,918
October 15, 202036,9985,69720,24515257,2435,849
October 8, 202036,3015,61119,88415256,1855,763
October 1, 202035,7705,52919,61714955,3875,678
September 24, 202035,1535,43119,18514954,3385,580
September 17, 202034,3925,33318,78414753,1765,480
September 10, 202033,6505,20318,40614252,0565,345
September 3, 202032,8415,05517,95513950,7965,194
August 27, 202031,7754,85817,38113949,1564,997
August 20, 202030,3824,64816,63114047,0134,788
August 13, 202028,7284,39715,73113044,4594,527
August 6, 202026,6934,14614,76912441,4624,270
July 30, 202024,6933,87913,69412138,3874,000
July 23, 202022,7533,60212,41311635,1663,718
July 16, 202020,6683,38211,09310231,7613,484
July 9, 202019,0203,1409,9089828,9283,238
July 2, 202017,5442,9709,0479326,5913,063
June 25, 202015,7242,7427,9929023,7162,832
June 18, 202014,4892,5797,1368621,6252,665
June 11, 202013,5462,4426,6246720,1702,509
June 4, 202012,3862,2655,9475618,3332,321
May 28, 202011,3262,0305,4374516,7632,075
May 21, 202010,3971,7874,8243515,2211,822