Sweeping restrictions on businesses and activities are expected to remain in place past their original expiration date across a wide swath of California, as the availability of precious intensive care beds continues to dwindle in the face of an unrelenting COVID-19 surge, state officials said.
Though nothing is definite yet, Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged Monday that the stay-at-home orders issued for Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley will probably need to be extended.
The two regions which combined cover 23 of California’s 58 counties are technically eligible to emerge from the state order beginning next week.
However, as Newsom noted, it’s doubtful either will do so, as both have seen a steady erosion in their stocks of intensive care unit beds that are available to treat COVID-19 patients.
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More than half of all coronavirus outbreaks reported at child care and early education programs in Los Angeles County since the pandemic began have stemmed from the recent record surge in COVID-19 cases.
There are 22 open investigations into sites with three or more cases in staff and children. Since June, 40 outbreaks have been recorded. I want to give a lot of credit to all of our providers, or our childcare providers, they ve done an amazing job, said L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer at a media briefing last week. For many, many months, taking care of small children, young children and using a lot of safety and there have been very, very few cases.
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