According to the Department of Public Health, California also confirmed 12,444 hospitalizations and 225 deaths, both of which are also daily records.
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Meanwhile, the San Joaquin Valley region's ICU capacity has dropped to 0.0%, the health department said in a statement. Southern California's intensive care unit capacity fell to 5.3%.
Both of those areas remain under the state's regional stay-at-home order, as does Greater Sacramento.
US says Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to start arriving in states Monday
Pfizer expected to begin shipping first doses of COVID vaccine Saturday
One data point that offered a glimmer of hope was the number of COVID-19 tests conducted in the 24-hour reporting period: an unprecedented 313,787, a news release said.
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The nation's first COVID-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states Monday morning, U.S. officials said Saturday, after the government gave the final go-ahead to the shots needed to end an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.