Ellise Shafer editorAs COVID-19 cases rise and hospital capacity continues to drop, both the Southern California and San Joaquin Valley regions have been issued a new stay-at-home order by state officials, which will take effect Sunday at 11:59 p.m.As reported by the Los Angeles Times, the order was put into place because the intensive care unit capacity in both regions has dropped below 15%.
It will remain in effect for at least three weeks.According to data released by the state of California, the Southern California region’s ICU capacity has dropped to 12.5%, and the San Joaquin Valley has only 8.6% capacity.
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