As the coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to rise, Newsom also announced that effective immediately, indoor operations such as fitness centers, hair salons and more in additional sectors be closed in “all the counties on our county monitoring list.”
As coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to rise, California Gov. Gavin Newsom
announced a statewide order Monday requiring indoor operations to close effective immediately.
Indoor operations required to close statewide in all counties include: Restaurants, movie theaters, family entertainment centers, wineries and tasting rooms, zoos and museums, cardrooms and bars.
Meanwhile, Newsom announced that indoor operations in additional sectors be closed in “all the counties on our county monitoring list.” Indoor operations include: Fitness centers, places of worship, offices for non-critical sectors, personal care services, hair salons and barbershops and malls.
Counties impacted on that list include: Colusa, Contra, Costa, Fresno, Glenn, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Merced, Monterey, Napa, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tulare, Yolo, Yuba and Ventura.
“We’re seeing an increase in the spread of the virus, so that’s why it’s incumbent upon all of us to recognize soberly that COVID-19 is not going away any time soon until there is a vaccine or an effective therapy,” Newsom said Monday.
“We’ve made this point on multiple occasions, and that is, we’re moving back into a modification mode of our original stay-at-home order, but doing so utilizing what we commonly refer to as a dimmer switch, not an on/off switch,” he said.
As of July 12, 8,358 cases have been reported in the state with an 8,211 seven-day average.
The new order comes shortly after Newsom reiterated that cases “continue to spread at alarming rates.” “This virus is not going away anytime soon,” Newsom stressed, adding that the virus is not “taking summer off.”
“This continues to be a deadly disease,” Newsom said, as he warned people that the virus is “still killing people” across the state.
California has recently begun reopening the economy, with most counties allowing people to shop, dine in at restaurants, work out in gyms, visit hair salons and attend church services, among other things. But concern has grown as coronavirus cases continue to increase.
Last month, Newsom ordered the closing of bars in seven counties, including Los Angeles, due to the rising spread of COVID-19. Newsom also began
mandating that Californians wear masks in most indoor settings and outdoors when distancing isn’t possible.
Strict restrictions were also ordered ahead of the July 4 holiday as beaches, piers, beach bike paths, and beach access points were closed.
During a
press briefing last month, Barbara Ferrer, the director of public health for L.A. County, explained that while officials predicted an increase in cases occurring as soon as the economy began reopening, she said they didn’t expect to “see this steep of an increase this quickly.” She said that there are a number of businesses and individuals that have not followed directives and warned: “At this point, if you’re not part of the solution to slowing the spread, you’re ending up a part of the problem.”
