The coronavirus case in California dropped to 600,000 on Thursday, the first state to reach the grim milestone, according to data collected by The New York Times.
The Golden State also has the third highest death toll in the U.S. with 10,800 deaths in COVID-19, behind New York and New Jersey, which were hit early by the disease in the pandemic.
California is one of the states that experienced transitions in July, along with Texas, Florida and Arizona.
As the most populous state in the US ranks California case and death toll per capita lower compared to other states, on 20th for the number of cases and 28th in deaths, according to Times data.
California recorded some of the earliest cases at the beginning of the pandemic, and Gov. Gavin Newsom
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When the state reopened, however, cases complained and continued to break records for the highest increases of one day, prompting Newsom to later issue a mask mandate and re-close bars and slums.
California now has an average of 8,903 new cases per day for seven days, less than in mid-July.
Newsom expressed optimism this week, pointing to a statistic that hospitalizations in coronavirus in California fell by 19 percent in two weeks.
The news comes after the state experienced difficulties with its coronavirus reporting system at the end of July, which left about 300,000 files from the state’s database, but officials say the problem has been resolved. Officials say higher numbers are being counted this week due to the delay in reporting some cases.
The state’s top public health expert stopped last weekend suddenly after the data glitches.
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