Millions of Californians could soon find themselves under a stay home order again due to new restrictions announced by Governor Gavin News.
Given the increase in new cases and hospital admissions in the state, the Christmas order comes as hospitals are expected to be flooded by Christmas.
The governor’s new stay-at-home order will catch up in areas where hospitals are experiencing a squeeze on capacity to treat the upcoming growth of Covid-19 patients.
Strict stay-a-home orders will be enforced when the capacity of the intensive care unit is reduced to 15%. Under the new plan, California will be divided into five regions – Northern California, Bay Area, Greater Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California.
None of the five regions are currently under the new order, but estimates show that four territories will reach that threshold in the next couple of days, with the San Francisco Bay Area only expected to remain open until mid-December, Newsme said in a press conference. Said at the press conference. .
News acknowledged May acknowledged that the new restrictions, which shut down many important businesses and operations and ban most travel, would not be well received by some, especially small businesses, outlining some state programs designed to help.
“That’s never enough,” he said. “I think we should do more.”
Essential businesses may remain open, but only allow 20% of capacity. Areas that must be closed include hair salons and freshhops, bars and breweries, playgrounds, amusement parks and indoor recreation facilities.
California’s Covid-19 crisis showed no signs of slowing as the state reported 18,591 more cases on Thursday, up from a total of 1,264,539.
Preparations are underway to bring it online from Sacramento to 11 locations in San Diego, News said. The state is full of personal protective equipment.
“We don’t expect to do this once again,” Newsome said. “There is light at the end of this tunnel. We are a few months away from seeing real progress with the vaccine. We have distribution, we have accessibility, we have availability. “
Note: These numbers were released by the California Department of Public Health and do not connect accurately in real time with the CNN database drawn from the Johns Hopkins University and Covid tracking project.
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