SACRAMENTO - Following yesterday’s announcement that older adults and those at higher risk for serious illness from COVID-19 should isolate, Governor Gavin Newsom today issued an executive order to protect the health and safety of Californians most vulnerable to COVID-19 residing at health care, residential and non-residential facilities licensed by the state. Health care, residential and non-residential facilities licensed by the state, especially those serving senior citizens and other COVID-19 vulnerable populations, will face significant challenges Governor Newsom issues Executive Order redirecting California agencies to protect licensed facilities, staff & residents most vulnerable to COVID-19 We have distribution, we have accessibility, we have availability.”ĬNN’s Alexandra Meeks, Jon Passantino and Paul Vercammen contributed to this report.Updated California Health Guidance: Seniors and COVID-19 vulnerable residents directed to home isolate We are few months away from truly seeing real progress with the vaccine. “There is light at the end of the tunnel. “We do not anticipate having to do this once again,” Newsom said. Newsom announced the statewide regional stay-at-home restrictions Thursday, saying the state was at a “tipping point” in its battle against the new coronavirus and decisive action was need to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed.īut he was hopeful this is the last time California will see this kind of shutdown, pointing to potential approval of a Covid-19 vaccine. Restrictions will remain in place until at least January 4, 2021. Most will begin implementing the order on Sunday evening followed by Alameda County on Monday and Marin County on Tuesday. The Bay Area restrictions will take effect at varying points depending on the county. “Many heavily impacted parts of our region already have less than 15 percent of ICU beds available, and the time to act is now.” Tomás Aragon said in a news release at the time. “It takes several weeks for new restrictions to slow rising hospitalizations and waiting until only 15 percent of a region’s ICU beds are available is just too late,” San Francisco Health Officer Dr. Nearly 6 million people to be under stay-at-home order in San Francisco Bay Area The order applies to the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Santa Clara, San Francisco and the city of Berkeley, covering nearly 6 million people. Officials in six San Francisco Bay Area jurisdictions issued a proactive stay-at-home order on Friday, even though the region’s ICU capacity had not dropped below the 15% threshold. Hospitalizations are at an all-time high in the state with 10,624 Covid-19 patients hospitalized, according to according to the California Department of Public Health. “We’ve seen a rise, not only in cases, but a rise in hospitalization rates and a rise in the use of our ICU beds in our region’s hospitals.” “Unfortunately, the reality is that for weeks now coronavirus cases have been reaching record highs in our county,” said Greg Cox, a San Diego County supervisor, at a press conference Saturday. The order will remain in effect for at least three weeks and will be lifted only when a region’s projected ICU capacity meets or exceeds 15%. Schools that are already open for in-person learning may remain open along with critical infrastructure businesses. Travel is prohibited except for essential activities. Retail businesses are allowed to stay open at 20% capacity, while restaurants are limited to takeout and delivery service. PT and require the closure of businesses like bars, hair salons, museums, movie theaters and indoor recreational facilities. The orders take effect Sunday at 11:59 p.m. The state reported more than 30,000 new cases on Sunday, a record high for California. In the San Joaquin Valley region, encompassing much of central California, that metric dipped to 6.6%. Gavin Newsom last week requiring new restrictions if a region’s hospital intensive care unit capacity drops below 15%.Īlmost 6 million will be under the orders after six Bay Area governments decided not to wait for ICU capacity to fall below that threshold.Īs of Sunday, ICU capacity in Southern California, the state’s most populous region, had fallen to 10.3%, according to the state’s Covid-19 website. Some 27 million people in the Southern California and San Joaquin Valley regions will be affected after both regions triggered a mandate issued by Gov. Left Specialist Magyari Sebastien with the Ohio Army National Guard conduct a COVID test at the Union County Public Health Department in Marysville November 24, 2020.Cases of COVID-19 are rising in rural counties across the state.Rural Covid Rising Eric Albrecht/Imagn/USA Todayġ million new coronavirus cases have been added to the US total - in only 5 days
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