page_title: COVID-19 pandemic in California
section_title: Community response
hierarchical_section_title: COVID-19 pandemic in California / Equipment shortage / Community response
caption_attribution_description: English: A sign of community support in Jamestown, California during the COVID-19 pandemic
context_page_description: The first case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. state of California was confirmed on January 26, 2020. A state of emergency has been in place in the state since March 4, 2020. A mandatory statewide stay-at-home order was issued on March 19. As of August 24, 2020, the California Department of Public Health has reported 668,366 confirmed cases and 12,134 deaths in the state.
  As of August 21, 2020, California has the highest number of confirmed cases in the United States, but only the 20th highest number of confirmed cases per capita. It has the third-highest count of deaths related to the virus, behind New York and New Jersey, but only 27th highest death count per capita. Compared to worldwide provinces/subdivisions, California ranks second in total confirmed cases behind the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
  On August 9, 2020, Dr. Sonia Y. Angell resigned as the CDPH Director and State Public Health Officer. Governor Gavin Newsom indicated Angell's resignation was related to data issues with the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange system that resulted in nearly 300,000 backlogged COVID-19 test results.
context_section_description: In March 2020, there were calls for crowdsourcing on social media, to donate any masks, goggles, or other equipment to healthcare professionals.
  On March 22, Major Bay Area medical centers, UCSF and Stanford Health Center placed a called to action for donations of personal protective equipment.
  Local public health offices started coordinating donation efforts.
  Maker Nexus, a non-profit maker space in Sunnyvale, began making face shields to donate to local hospitals and other health care facilities, using its 3D printers and laser cutters. This effort grew rapidly as individuals in the Bay Area began using home-based 3D printers and bringing the result to Maker Nexus to complete the shields and deliver them to the recipients. By the first of April, more than 300 community members were using their home 3D printers for this effort. Together with other groups and individuals, the maker space is also making cloth face masks to substitute for N95 masks in non-critical applications  and helping to coordinate face mask deliveries.
caption: A sign of community support for Tuolumne County in a shop window in Jamestown, California on May 30, 2020
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