Governor Newsom Marks End of California's COVID-19 State of Emergency

Press Release

Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation terminating the state's COVID-19 State of Emergency, as previously announced in October.

The state's SMARTER Plan will maintain California's operational preparedness to address the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and will continue to guide the state's work to support communities across the state. Additionally, COVID-19 vaccines, testing, and treatment continue to be available at sites within local communities across the state.

KEY NUMBERS

HEALTH

California's COVID-19 death rate was among the lowest in the nation.
If California had Texas' death rate, 27,000 more people would have died here.
If California had Florida's rate, 56,000 more people would have died here.
Nationally, the COVID-19 death rate was 339 per 100,000, far above California's rate.
California administered more than 88 million vaccines -- translating to nearly 73% of the state's population being vaccinated.
ECONOMY

California's GDP contracted less and grew faster than the U.S. GDP between 2019 and 2022.
California's unemployment rate fell nearly twice as fast as other large population states.
California is on track to become the 4th largest economy in the world.
EDUCATION

On average, California students experienced less learning loss than the rest of the nation.
California 8th graders had no declines in reading scores.
Nationally, 8th grader reading scores declined 3 points (on the National Assessment of Educational Progress scale).

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