California issues regional stay-at-home order to battle record Covid-19 surge

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

(CNN)Millions of Californians will likely find themselves under a regional stay-at-home order once again under new restrictions announced Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The new order will take hold in regions where hospitals are feeling the squeeze on capacity to treat the incoming surge of Covid-19 patients. A strict stay-at home order will go into effect 48 hours after hospital intensive care unit capacity drops below 15% in one of five regions the state is divided into: Northern California, Bay Area, Greater Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California.

"We are at a tipping point in our fight against the virus and we need to take decisive action now to prevent California's hospital system from being overwhelmed in the coming weeks," Newsom said.

The order comes as the state experiences a record surge of new cases and hospitalizations that are projected to overwhelm hospitals by Christmas. The state added 18,591 more cases Thursday, bringing the total to 1.2 million.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/03/us/los-angeles-hospital-beds-christmas-covid/index.html

[BigmanPigman]

1. San Diego will be at that level tomorrow.

I knew this was coming and am doing all my holiday and misc stuff this week...like mailing gifts. Three weeks means the lockdown will be until Dec 26. Newsom said that if cities fail to enforce this they will not get $$$ from the state.

Newsom also said travel should be restricted.

[onecaliberal]

2. People are ignoring.

[LSparkle]

3. No change for me -- have locked down sine March

I go to the market once a week, don’t get hair or nails done (yeah ... sad) and work from home. I’m going to need a month at a spa before I go back out into the world. But I’ve got to survive first — I’m 62 and have high blood pressure and autoimmune issues. I can get through another month of this if it’ll help bring down our numbers here in ÇA.