CA Governor Shuts Down Restaurants, Bars, Theaters & More Due To COVID-19 Surge
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CA Governor Shuts Down Restaurants, Bars, Theaters & More Due To COVID-19 Surge

CA Governor Shuts Down Restaurants, Bars, Theaters & More Due To COVID-19 Surge
Gov. Gavin (image via Facebook)

Governor Gavin Newsom of California has announced on Monday he’s moving his state back to a modified version of his original stay-at-home order after reports that there had been 8,358 new COVID-19 cases reported in the state over the past 24 hours.

Additionally, the number of deaths in the Golden State due to the virus at this writing totals 7,053 according to Johns Hopkins University.

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Hospitalizations over the past 14 days are up 28 percent. ICU admissions have risen 20 percent. Both of those counts are down in comparison to where they were two weeks ago, from 50 percent and 39 percent, respectively.

The test positivity rate, according to state figures, has risen to about 7.7 percent over the last seven days. That’s up substantially.

As a result, “We are moving back into a ‘modification mode’ of our original stay-at-home order,” said Newsom. “This is a new statewide action, effective today.”

The governor announced that he is requiring all counties to close their restaurants, movie theaters, family entertainment centers, wineries, zoos and bars.

Additionally, L.A. and 29 other counties on the state’s monitoring list must close fitness centers, places of worship, nail and hair salons and indoor malls. Other L.A.-local counties impacted include Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Diego, Orange and virtually every other county in Southern California.

Newsom did not announce an end date to the re-instated order.