As the enrollment for Affordable Care Act coverage nears its Monday deadline, an increase in California citizens have been in a race to get through the website's troublesome problems that have plagued it since first launching last fall.

According to Covered California, between this past Monday and Thursday, roughly 80,000 citizens have chosen their health plan while an 150,000 homes have logged in and began to shop around within the last few days, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Covered California Executive Director Peter Lee said the heavy pour of users logging into the site has slowed it down, causing delays for customers and insurance agents. He also said it would not be wise to wait until the deadline to sign up.

"The website is slow some of the time and waiting until Monday is a bad idea," Lee said. "But it's great news that we've still go so many people saying, 'I want health insurance.'"

The state is allowing anyone who at least started the application before midnight on Monday to complete the enrollment before April 15, the Times reported.

Six million American citizens are currently covered under the new health care plan with 1.1 million of those coming from California. While Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program for poor and low-income citizens, have had 1.5 million enrolled.

Government officials have asked that all the U.S. citizens still trying to enroll be patient with the process while the site experiences heavy traffic, according to the Times.

To prepare for the wave of users in the past few weeks, California added more call center workers, extended its hours and upgraded its website, while numerous enrollment events were held this weekend at libraries, churches, malls, college campuses and other locations.

Californians trying to sign up in person at enrollment centers waited between 30 minutes to more than hour to get assistance from enrollment counselors, the Times reported.