The day after California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new “Regional Stay at Home” plan that will take effect tomorrow, the state reported a 16% jump in new daily Covid-19 infections, at 22,018.
It’s the second record high this week. The other was Wednesday’s 20,759. On Thursday, there were 18,591 new infections.For comparison, California reported 4,566 new daily Covid infections on 11/4.
One month later, that number has surged very close to 80%.This week’s Thursday-to-Friday jump is one of the largest day-over-day case count increases of the pandemic.
Only two others are higher, one in August and the one from Tuesday to Wednesday of this week.On Thursday, Newsom said he was “pulling an emergency brake,” announcing a “regional”
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