California Governor Gavin Newsom Expected To Lift Strict Stay-At-Home Orders
According to a letter from the California Restaurant Association to its members, which was obtained by NBC, Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to announce Monday that the stay-at-Home Order will be lifted in all regions of the state.
The letter, dated Sunday, said senior officials in the Newsom administration confirmed this with the association. The Deputy Director for Crisis Communication & Public Affairs from the Governor’s Office also said that an update should be expected this Monday morning:
“We see promising signs that California is slowly emerging from the most intense stage of this pandemic. We continue to look at what that means for the Regional Stay at Home order and anticipate that the state Department of Public Health will provide a formal update tomorrow morning,” said Brian Ferguson, the Deputy Director for Crisis Communication & Public Affairs from the Governor’s Office.
Despite finding new strains, specifically in California, hospitalizations and newly confirmed cases have been falling and health officials are growing more optimistic that the worst of the latest surge is over, NBC Los Angeles notes. The number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 has slipped below 19,000 statewide, a drop of more than 10% in two weeks.
In addition to this, it was said that the state’s most populous, the test positivity rate has plummeted 39% over the past three weeks.
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