SACRAMENTO – California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Monday that he was cancelling the stay-at-home order that had been reimposed on residents of 51 of the state’s 58 counties last month as a state-wide shortage of ICU and hospital beds crippled California’s healthcare systems.
The shortages had occurred as a result of surging coronavirus COVID-19 cases during back to back holiday travel periods. Newsom’s latest announcement comes as officials try to ramp up vaccinations and hospitalization rates show signs of improvement.
The California Department of Public Health said in a statement Monday that the four-week ICU capacity projected for Southern California, the Bay Area and San Joaquin Valley are above 15% — the threshold that would
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