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Also on Wednesday, California had the unwanted distinction of surpassing New York as the state with the most COVID-19 infections. California\u2019s 413,576 confirmed cases of COVID-19 topped the 408,886 seen in New York State as of Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Of course, California is the most populous state in the U.S., with about twice as many residents as New York State, so those totals should be taken in the context of the states\u2019 total populations. But it is telling given that New York was previously the epicenter of the virus in the nation and, at one point, the world.<\/p>\n

According to a calculation by the Sacramento Bee, about 1 in 96 state residents have or have had the virus.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, California had 425,616 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The number of COVID-19 diagnostic test results in California reached a total of 6,778,304, an increase of 113,306 tests over the past 24 hours. The rate of positive tests over the last 14 days is 7.6 percent.<\/p>\n

The Health Director of the state\u2019s largest county, Los Angeles, said on Wednesday, \u201cCOVID-19 appears to be on track to claim more lives in L.A. County than any other disease than coronary heart disease.\u201d Flu, she said, is nowhere near as deadly as COVID-19. In the first six months of 2020, COVID-19 killed twice as many people in the region as did the flu over the 8-month flu season this year and last.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n