The most populous U.S. state has a total of 400,166 COVID-19 cases, putting it on the verge of surpassing
New York - the original epicenter of the nation's outbreak - for the highest number of infections since the novel
Coronavirus was first detected in the
United States in January.
If
California were a country, and it overtakes New York, it would rank fifth in the world for total COVID-19 cases behind only the United States,
Brazil,
India and
Russia.
New York currently has over 412,800 total cases and is adding on average 700 new cases a day in July.