{"id":29752,"date":"2020-12-05T15:40:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T23:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=29752"},"modified":"2020-12-05T15:40:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T23:40:59","slug":"state-officials-announce-latest-covid-19-facts-231","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=29752","title":{"rendered":"State Officials Announce Latest COVID-19 Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>ICU Capacity Drops Below 15 Percent in San Joaquin Valley and Southern California Regions, Triggering Regional Stay at Home Order<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SACRAMENTO \u2013 The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today announced the most recent statistics on COVID-19, including data on\u00a0intensive care unit (ICU) capacity across the state. Based on current ICU data, two regions, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California, have dropped below 15% capacity. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.gov.ca.gov_2020_12_03_california-2Dhealth-2Dofficials-2Dannounce-2Da-2Dregional-2Dstay-2Dat-2Dhome-2Dorder-2Dtriggered-2Dby-2Dicu-2Dcapacity_&amp;d=DwMGaQ&amp;c=Lr0a7ed3egkbwePCNW4ROg&amp;r=lxj9wEtqoEBAma-Tvya2HHzMHlIs09hc7DK0RmkepS4&amp;m=U_VallPA3SlcHVmIl_mzD885vN218f-Jz2fTO9H9daI&amp;s=ryLjTBxS4cvA_j0oOeHsKCmIOeeObsJ4XLniV6ojIp8&amp;e=\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u%3Dhttps-3A__www.gov.ca.gov_2020_12_03_california-2Dhealth-2Dofficials-2Dannounce-2Da-2Dregional-2Dstay-2Dat-2Dhome-2Dorder-2Dtriggered-2Dby-2Dicu-2Dcapacity_%26d%3DDwMGaQ%26c%3DLr0a7ed3egkbwePCNW4ROg%26r%3Dlxj9wEtqoEBAma-Tvya2HHzMHlIs09hc7DK0RmkepS4%26m%3DU_VallPA3SlcHVmIl_mzD885vN218f-Jz2fTO9H9daI%26s%3DryLjTBxS4cvA_j0oOeHsKCmIOeeObsJ4XLniV6ojIp8%26e%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1607290808708000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH_xRUQ_bFl2Wd4fMj6aJdGtEpXvg\">Regional Stay at Home Order<\/a>\u00a0will take effect in those two regions at\u00a011:59 p.m. Sunday and will remain in effect for at least three weeks.\u00a0Regions will be eligible to exit from the order and return to the Blueprint for a Safer Economy on December 28 if ICU capacity projections for the following month are above or equal to 15%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below is the current available ICU capacity by region. See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__covid19.ca.gov_stay-2Dhome-2Dexcept-2Dfor-2Dessential-2Dneeds_-23regional-2Dstay-2Dhome-2Dorder&amp;d=DwMGaQ&amp;c=Lr0a7ed3egkbwePCNW4ROg&amp;r=lxj9wEtqoEBAma-Tvya2HHzMHlIs09hc7DK0RmkepS4&amp;m=U_VallPA3SlcHVmIl_mzD885vN218f-Jz2fTO9H9daI&amp;s=-KwbnzRfP7qHESGdb7Sa4fxUcGJ7V30wuvW4l3ehF68&amp;e=\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u%3Dhttps-3A__covid19.ca.gov_stay-2Dhome-2Dexcept-2Dfor-2Dessential-2Dneeds_-23regional-2Dstay-2Dhome-2Dorder%26d%3DDwMGaQ%26c%3DLr0a7ed3egkbwePCNW4ROg%26r%3Dlxj9wEtqoEBAma-Tvya2HHzMHlIs09hc7DK0RmkepS4%26m%3DU_VallPA3SlcHVmIl_mzD885vN218f-Jz2fTO9H9daI%26s%3D-KwbnzRfP7qHESGdb7Sa4fxUcGJ7V30wuvW4l3ehF68%26e%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1607290808708000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEGNBai-5olk0_gHs6kqnDExo7Ktg\">region map<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Bay Area: 21.7%<\/li>\n<li>Greater Sacramento Region: 21.4%<\/li>\n<li>Northern California: 24.1%<\/li>\n<li>San Joaquin Valley: 8.6%<\/li>\n<li>Southern California: 12.5%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the terms of the order, when ICU capacity drops below 15% in a region, a list of sectors must close by 11:59 p.m. the next day, including bars, breweries, distilleries, and wineries (except for production, manufacturing, and retail), hair salons and barbershops, and personal care services. In addition, a number of sectors in these regions, including restaurants, retail and shopping centers and hotels and lodging, will have additional modifications in addition to 100% masking and physical distancing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critical infrastructure, schools\u00a0and non-urgent medical and dental care\u00a0can\u00a0remain open with appropriate infectious disease preventative measures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read the full\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/Regional-Stay-at-Home-Order-.aspx\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/Regional-Stay-at-Home-Order-.aspx&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1607290808708000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE1LXsVLdpqtJrdVQouxwgaliwAxA\">Regional Stay at Home Order<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Statewide COVID-19 Data as of December 4:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>California has 1,311,625 confirmed cases to date. Numbers may not represent true day-over-day change as reporting of test results can be delayed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>There were 25,068 newly recorded confirmed cases Friday. Numbers do not represent true day-over-day change as these results include cases from prior to yesterday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>The 7-day positivity rate is 9.7% and the 14-day positivity rate is 7.6%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>There have been 24,901,975 tests conducted in California. This represents an increase of 226,497 over the prior 24-hour reporting period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>As case numbers continue to rise in California, the total number of individuals who will have serious outcomes will also increase. There have been 19,791 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0?ui=2&amp;ik=cb7df8f6cd&amp;attid=0.2&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1685275841456074437&amp;th=17634d72e6896ec5&amp;view=fimg&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ805cmKx8Ei1xkBIBmSw3r5EwOA0WXHMU8Ol_qAAufx2JpbA5UC2Vd0Rrvm_onck3nAKM4aIQK0Oji4pFmbznS2YBZkKHDPPNsw0pYquawgkM_3v56XReG1jqc&amp;disp=emb\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICU Capacity Drops Below 15 Percent&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ca-local","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29753,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29752\/revisions\/29753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}