CALIFORNIA — Gov. Gavin Newsom gave an update on the state's vaccination efforts against the coronavirus in the midst of what he called "historic" statewide case numbers.

The governor was upbeat on the number of doses the state had received, announcing that 33,150 doses had arrived at four different locations across the state Monday, with 24 locations set to receive vaccine deliveries Tuesday and five additional locations Wednesday.

He reassured Californians that more doses were on the way.

"Late last night, we received word from Pfizer that we will receive 393,900 doses as early as next week," said Newsom.

In addition to the Pfizer vaccine, Newsom also said the state expected to receive 672,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine by the end of December.

"It's starting to take shape," Newsom said.

In order to promote the rollout of the vaccine and encourage Californians to take it, Gov. Newsom unveiled the "Vaccinate All 58" campaign, a public information effort targeted at getting people across all 58 of the state's counties to get vaccinated.

Newsom laid out the guiding principles behind the campaign as:

• Acknowledgment of personal community experience
• Partner with diverse communities, community-based organizations, & engage trusted messengers to share information
• Provide Californians with fact-based messages to make an informed decision on their own

The campaign is due to launch this week and will be in 13 different languages to connect across as much of California's diverse community as possible.

Newsom also said in deploying and distributing the vaccine to all Californians, the state would rely on lessons learned from the recent conducting of the 2020 Census.

Vaccinations will be carried out according to a tiered structure with front-line health care workers, paramedics, EMTs, and other acute care personnel first in line to receive the vaccines.

"There is a light at the end of the tunnel," Newsom said. "This has been a very optimistic 48 hours, we're finally seeing the vaccine being utilized."

Despite his optimism over the vaccine, the governor gave a sobering assessment of our current situation in terms of the virus, calling this "perhaps the most intense and urgent moment since the beginning of the pandemic."

The numbers he provided were sobering, with 32,325 new cases in the past 24 hours, along with 142 lives lost. That put the 7-day average of coronavirus-related deaths at 163, up from just 41 in November. The governor cited a 14-day positivity rate of 10.7% and a 7-day positivity rate of 10.6%.

Hospitalizations are also shooting up statewide, with a 68% increase over the past two weeks and a 54% increase in ICU admissions. In Southern California, ICU capacity is down to just 1.7%, while statewide, it's at 5.7%.

With four out of five of the state's regions currently under stay-at-home orders, Newsom emphasized that while the end may be in sight, "we are still in the tunnel."