California announces sweeping new Covid restrictions, including planned stay-at-home orders

County Officials and community members react to Governor Newsom's potential stay at home order

Governor Newsom announced the potential stay at home order Thursday and local residents may once again be asked to stay at home as much as possible.

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California ties new COVID-19 rules to hospital capacity

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is on the brink of a new stay-at-home order that would close businesses and curb travel in regions that could see hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus patients. Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced new rules that take effect Saturday. Restrictions apply to a region when ICU capacity drops below 15%. Newsom says four regions — all but the San Francisco Bay area — could meet that threshold in a day or two. The order…

California issues regional lockdown order to combat record rise in covid

(CNN) –– Millions of people in California could face a new regional lockdown from COVID-19, under new restrictions announced Thursday by Governor Gavin Newsom. The new order will be implemented in California regions where hospitals are under pressure. in its ability to treat the increase in covid-19 patients. A strict confinement order will go into effect 48 hours after hospital capacity for the intensive care unit drops below 15% in one of five…

California issues regional lockdown order to combat record rise in covid

(CNN) –– Millions of people in California could face a new regional lockdown from COVID-19, under new restrictions announced Thursday by Governor Gavin Newsom. The new order will be implemented in California regions where hospitals are under pressure. in its ability to treat the increase in covid-19 patients. A strict confinement order will go into effect 48 hours after hospital capacity for the intensive care unit drops below 15% in one of five…

SF may impose its own stay-at-home orders, ahead of state

For now, the Bay Area does not fall under the state’s new stay-at-home order. But extra restrictions may be coming to San Francisco anyway, because there are serious concerns that the city is on track to run out of ICU beds.