Governor Newsom has cracked down on most indoor business activities with infections on the rise again
Gavin Newsom forced to backtrack on reopening his state. Photo: Jeff Chiu/Associated Press/Pool/Shutterstock In a landmark response to rapidly spiking COVID-19 cases across the country in recent weeks, Gavin Newsom, governor of America’s most populous state, announced a series of mandatory restrictions on indoor activities for all of California and more stringent restrictions on the 30 counties with the most dangerous trends.
The 30 “monitoring list” counties contain approximately 80 percent of the state’s population, including Alameda , Napa, Sonoma, Sacramento, Marin, Fresno, and Monterey counties in the northern and central parts of the state and most counties in Southern California, including Los Angeles and San Diego.Coronavirus hospitalizations have risen by about 28 percent over the last two weeks, from 5,077 on June 29 to 6,485 as of Sunday.
The setback comes after the state said June 12 that dine-in restaurants, retail stores, bars, religious services, and gyms could reopen with modifications in counties that met the state’s guidelines. Newsom said the move Monday to resurrect tough restrictions was a response to a rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state.The governor ordered tougher restrictions ahead of the July 4 holiday on indoor activities for counties experiencing a spike in infections.
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