San Mateo, Napa, Solano and Santa Cruz counties will soon have to adopt the state’s new stay-at-home order.
Under the new stay-at-home framework, the territory must be closed once it falls below the capacity of the 15% intensive care unit. The bay area is made up of 11 counties, and according to figures released Monday by the state, only 17.8% is below ICU capacity.
That figure is actually above the 16.7% figure recorded on Sunday, but it remains dangerously close to the 15% threshold. New orders could begin as early as Tuesday when the state files another update.
Of the 11 counties in the two area areas, seven of them – San Francisco, Santa Clara, Almeida, Contra Costa, Marine, Sonoma and Monterey – have chosen to adopt the stay-at-home order sooner. Under the order, outdoor dining in rest restaurants must be discontinued and all personal care services such as hair salons, nail salons and massage studios must also be discontinued.
When the state unveiled the new stay-at-home framework in early December, officials predicted the bay area would be the last area in the state to go below 15% of ICU capacity and do so by mid-December. Currently, the other three territories are under stay-at-home. Here’s a look at the rest of the state:
Bay area: 17.8% ICU capacity
Northern California: 29.0% ICU capacity
Greater Sacramento: 14.8% ICU capacity (Continued home order on Dec. 10)
San Joaquin Valley: 0.0% ICU capacity (stay home order continued on December 6)
Southern California: 2.7% ICU capacity (stay home order continued on December 6)
Editor’s note: A previous version of the story stated that Monterey County would have to adopt a new stay-at-home order once the area’s ICU capacity fell below 15%. Monterey County pre-emptively accepted the stay-at-home order on Sunday.
