Telling people to wake up. After a major surge, governor gavin newsom saidincrease over two weeks. The icu increase dropped from 39 to 37 . The governor spoke from diamond puts in stockton. The area targeted as a new hot spot where rates are well above the state average. 10. 7 in french and stanislaus. Reporter the governor said e spread is disprofessionally impacting essential workers and the latino community. Part of the message delivered in spanish. The state is allocating 52 million of federal funding to the Central Valley to help with the surge. To improve our isolation protocols, our quarantine protocols. Our testing protocols, and to enhance our healthcare workers. Despite some signs of progress, a grim statistic continues to go the wrong way. The average number of people dying from the virus is up from 91 last week. Please lets wake up to that reality. There are now 37 counties on the states watch list. Santa cruz was just added. Those counties make up 93 of the states populati