Bay Briefing: All of Bay Area now under new stay-at-home order
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A nurse checks on a COVID-19 patient at Regional Medical Center of San Jose.Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Thursday, Dec. 17, and another Californian could be heading to the Biden cabinet. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Near a breaking point
Intensive care availability plummeted in the Bay Area on Wednesday to fall under 15% for the first time, forcing the entire 11-county region under the state stay-at-home order.
“It’s completely troubling” to see the entire region drop below 15%, said Dr. Kathleen Clanon, medical director of Alameda County Health Care Services Agency. “Our community has the ability to turn this around, by masking and staying at home. That’s what’s going to make the difference now. We can’t do anything at the hospitals to prevent getting full. It’s our whole community that needs to turn this around.”