On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom warned a “more dramatic” Covid-19 stay-at-home order may be in the offing. On Thursday, after the state saw its two highest new daily case counts of the pandemic, the governor made good on that pledge.Newsom said he was “pulling an emergency break,” announcing a “regional” stay at home order in California based on a region’s available hospital capacity.
The governor then defined the state by 5 regions: Northern California, Southern California, The San Joaquin Valley, Bay Area and greater Sacramento.Regions that fall under the stay at home order requirement will be under the lock down for three weeks.The stay at home order will apply to areas where ICU Capacity falls under 15%.
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