California imposes new coronavirus rules based on ICU capacity

HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES DUE TO COVID-19 THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IF WE DON’T ACT NOW, THE HOSPITA SYSTEM WILL BE OVERWHELMED. IF WE DON’T ACT NOW WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE DEATH RATE CLIMB, MORE LIVES LOST. THAT’S WHY TODAY WE ARE PURSUING THE BLUEPRINT THAT WE PUT OU SOME 14 OR SO WEEKS AGO, PULLING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. WE HAVE DONE IT SEQUENTIALLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST NUMBER OF WEEKS BUT WE ARE DOING IT IN A MUCH MORE BROAD AND COMPREHENSIVE WAY, TODAY. WE ARE ANNOUNCING AND INTRODUCING REGIONAL STAY-AT-HOME ORDER IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PUP FUNDAMENTALLY PREDICATED ON THE NEED TO STOP GATHERING WITH PEOPLE OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSEHOLD. TO DO WHAT YOU CAN TO KEEP MOST OF YOUR ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE AND OF COURSE, ALWAYS, MOST IMPORTANT ON PHARMACEUTICAL INTERVENTION, THAT IS WHERE FACE COVERING, WEAR OUR MASK. HERE’S WHAT WE ARE INTRODUCING TODAY. REGIONS WHERE THE ICU CAPACITY FALLING BELOW 15%, WE ARE NOW MANDATING THAT W IMPLEMENT A STAY-AT-HOME ORDER FOR THREE WEEKS. THESE REGIONS ARE DEFINED BY THIS SLIDE. WE HAVE FIVE REGIONS IN THE STATE. THE REGIONS ARE CONSIDERED AND CONSTRUCTED BASED UPON A PRE-EXISTING MUTUAL AID SYSTEM IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. YOU MAY RECALL A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK IN IMPERIAL COUNTY WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE THEIR ICUS AND HOSPITALS WERE OVERWHELME AND WE HAD PREPLANNED STRATEGIES FOR MUTUAL AID AND SURG CAPACITY. ALL PART OF A CAPACITY WELL-DEFINED WITHIN THE HOSPITAL HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM. WE HAVE DEFINED THESE FIVE REGIONS, NORTHE CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO, AND THE LARGE REGION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT OU PROJECTIONS SUGGEST. THE FIVE REGIONS THAT WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTE, MOST OF THESE, FOR OUT OF THE FIVE, WE ANTICIPATE AS EARLY AS THE NEXT DAY OR TWO, EARLY OR RATHER AS LATE AS THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, GREATER SACRAMENTO, THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONS WILL HAVE REACHED THAT 15% OR LES ICU CAPACITY. THE BAY AREA HAVE A FEW EXTRA DAYS. OUR CURRENT PROJECTI SUGGESTS MID-TO-LATE DECEMBER. BUT ALL WITHIN JUST THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, OUR ICU CAPACITY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WILL DROP IN THESE FIVE REGIONS. NOT JUST IN THE AGGREGATE, REMINDING YOU NONE OF US LIVE IN THE AGGREGATE, BUT IN THE REGIONS WHERE WE ALL RESIDE, 4 MILLION OF US, ICU CAPACITY BY THE END OF THE MONTH WILL

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he will impose a new stay-at-home order for areas where capacity at intensive care units falls below 15%.Newsom announced the new plans amid an unprecedented surge of new coronavirus cases in the nation’s most populous state amid fears that hospitals could be overwhelmed within weeks.The new order divides the state into five regions. Newsom said none of the regions currently meet the threshold for the new rules.When they do, the state will order them to close hair salons and barber shops, limit retail stores to 20% capacity and only allow restaurants to offer take-out and delivery.The rules don’t apply to school districts.California on Wednesday reported more than 20,000 new coronavirus cases, the most ever in one day. A record 8,500 people are in hospitals, including more than 2,000 in intensive care units, leaving the state with fewer than 2,000 available intensive care beds.Newsom — who is staying at home after three of his children were exposed to the virus — already has imposed restrictions, including a nighttime curfew in 51 of the state’s 58 counties, an area with nearly the entire state population of 40 million people.Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous with 10 million residents, has imposed stay-at-home restrictions and a three-week ban on in-person restaurant dining because of what county health director Barbara Ferrer called “terrifying increases in numbers.”On Wednesday night, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti issued a city order in apocalyptic tones telling people to remain in their homes.LA “is now close to a devastating tipping point" that could overwhelm the hospital system, “in turn risking needless suffering and death," the order said.The order also bars gatherings of people outside of immediate households with some exceptions and requires travelers arriving from outside the state to fill out an online form. It allows retail businesses to remain open for in-person shopping subject to a county curfew already in place.Garcetti also urged police and the city attorney to enforce the order, which carries misdemeanor penalties.In Santa Ana, a city of more than 300,000 people in Orange County, the City Council authorized a mandatory face mask rule and called for police to enforce it.Overall, California has reported more than 1.2 million COVID-19 cases and more than 19,300 deaths. The state reported 20,759 new cases on Wednesday, surpassing the previous high of 18,350 set just last week.Public health officials have said the current figures don’t include the COVID-19 infections likely to arise from Thanksgiving holiday travel and gatherings that ignored social distancing precautions.Those cases probably will start showing up in hospitals around Christmas, said Brad Pollock, associate dean for public health sciences at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine.___Associated Press reporters Brian Melley in Los Angeles and Amy Taxin in Orange County contributed to this story.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he will impose a new stay-at-home order for areas where capacity at intensive care units falls below 15%.

Newsom announced the new plans amid an unprecedented surge of new coronavirus cases in the nation’s most populous state amid fears that hospitals could be overwhelmed within weeks.

The new order divides the state into five regions. Newsom said none of the regions currently meet the threshold for the new rules.

When they do, the state will order them to close hair salons and barber shops, limit retail stores to 20% capacity and only allow restaurants to offer take-out and delivery.

The rules don’t apply to school districts.

California on Wednesday reported more than 20,000 new coronavirus cases, the most ever in one day. A record 8,500 people are in hospitals, including more than 2,000 in intensive care units, leaving the state with fewer than 2,000 available intensive care beds.

Newsom — who is staying at home after three of his children were exposed to the virus — already has imposed restrictions, including a nighttime curfew in 51 of the state’s 58 counties, an area with nearly the entire state population of 40 million people.

Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous with 10 million residents, has imposed stay-at-home restrictions and a three-week ban on in-person restaurant dining because of what county health director Barbara Ferrer called “terrifying increases in numbers.”

On Wednesday night, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti issued a city order in apocalyptic tones telling people to remain in their homes.

LA “is now close to a devastating tipping point" that could overwhelm the hospital system, “in turn risking needless suffering and death," the order said.

The order also bars gatherings of people outside of immediate households with some exceptions and requires travelers arriving from outside the state to fill out an online form. It allows retail businesses to remain open for in-person shopping subject to a county curfew already in place.

Garcetti also urged police and the city attorney to enforce the order, which carries misdemeanor penalties.

In Santa Ana, a city of more than 300,000 people in Orange County, the City Council authorized a mandatory face mask rule and called for police to enforce it.

Overall, California has reported more than 1.2 million COVID-19 cases and more than 19,300 deaths. The state reported 20,759 new cases on Wednesday, surpassing the previous high of 18,350 set just last week.

Public health officials have said the current figures don’t include the COVID-19 infections likely to arise from Thanksgiving holiday travel and gatherings that ignored social distancing precautions.

Those cases probably will start showing up in hospitals around Christmas, said Brad Pollock, associate dean for public health sciences at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine.

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Associated Press reporters Brian Melley in Los Angeles and Amy Taxin in Orange County contributed to this story.

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