California's governor on Monday has ordered to shut down indoor restaurants, bars and many other businesses, after reopening in late May has led to a surge in coronavirus cases.
California is shutting down again today. Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the statewide closure of indoor restaurants, bars and other entertainment venues. He says an average of 8,200 people have tested positive every day over the past week.
CHANG: California is among the states seeing a steady increase in COVID-19 cases. And Marisa Lagos from member station KQED in San Francisco is following the governor's actions. She joins us now.CHANG: So what's the extent of today's closure order? I mean, what's actually changing for us here in California compared to even just a day ago?
CHANG: I mean, we have been hearing about this uptick in cases. Why is Gov. Newsom ordering these steps right now?
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