Yeah that's definitely a day-of-week/reporting dump effect making that spike. The 7 day rolling data for deaths shows CA is only 6% below the most recent peak:
Not to mention that death lags infection by 1-2 weeks, your site shows that pretty nicely (the lull in new infections several weeks ago mirrors the lull in new deaths).
We haven't crested the peak in death until a few weeks after we crest new infections, and it doesn't look like we've done that yet.
We haven't crested the peak in death until a few weeks after we crest new infections, and it doesn't look like we've done that yet.