Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to announce Monday that the stay at home order will be lifted in all regions of the state, according to a letter from the.
Updated on January 25, 2021 at 4:53 pm
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California s statewide Regional Stay-at-Home Order has ended, but restrictions remains in place based on conditions in each county.
The order, which began Dec. 6, was lifted after some signs that parts of California are slowly emerging from the most intense stage of the pandemic.
In Los Angeles County, the state’s most populous, the test positivity rate has plummeted 39% over the past three weeks, health officials say.
California s Regional Stay-at-Home order was lifted Monday for all regions, including Southern California, the state s public health department said.
Gov. Gavin Newsom was expected to make an announcement later Monday at a news conference about the end of the order. The move means a return to restrictions based on conditions in each county after what officials said are some positive signs about the virus spread.
allows counties to impose restrictions that are even stricter than the state-imposed order.
Dr. Tomás Aragón, CDPH director and state public health officer said: Californians heard the urgent message to stay home as much as possible and accepted that challenge to slow the surge and save lives. Together, we changed our activities knowing our short-term sacrifices would lead to longer-term gains. COVID-19 is still here and still deadly, so our work is not over, but it s important to recognize our collective actions saved lives and we are turning a critical corner. The statewide order was based on regional numbers, such as intensive care unit capacity, and included the San Joaquin Valley, Bay Area and Southern California.
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Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the end of a statewide stay-at-home order that has been in place since early December.
Newsom shuttered eateries, closed nonessential businesses, and mandated residents stay indoors in localities where intensive care unit capacity dipped below 15% strength, the
New York Timesreported. The restrictions, which were said to last for a minimum of three weeks, were extended in January for some regions, including Southern California, which had an ICU capacity of 0% in late December.
“California is slowly starting to emerge from the most dangerous surge of this pandemic yet, which is the light at the end of the tunnel we’ve been hoping for,” said Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of California Health and Human Services. “Seven weeks ago, our hospitals and front-line medical workers were stretched to their limits, but Californians heard the urgent message to stay home when possible, and our surge aft
SACRAMENTO – Officials with the California Department of Public Health on Monday ordered the Regional Stay at Home Order lifted for all regions statewide, including the three regions that had still been under the order – San Joaquin Valley, Bay Area, and Southern California.
Four-week ICU capacity projections for these three regions are now above 15%, the threshold that allows regions to exit the order. The Sacramento Region exited the order on January 12 and the Northern California region never entered the order.
This action allows all counties statewide to return to the rules and framework of the Blueprint for a Safer Economy and color-coded tiers that indicate which activities and businesses are open based on local case rates and test positivity. The majority of the counties are in the strictest or purple tier. Tier updates are provided weekly on Tuesdays. Individual counties could choose to impose stricter rules.