California public health officials predict that the stricter stay-at-home orders expiring this Monday in some counties will be extended due to the large number of people who are hospitalized dealing with the spread of COVID-19.
The regional stay-at-home order for 11 Southern California counties, including Los Angeles, and downtown and northern areas of the state, went into effect on December 6, and is scheduled to end on December 28. .
However, Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to extend these restrictions, which do not allow restaurants to serve outside patios and tables, keep shopping centers operating at 20% capacity, and ordered the closure of gyms and gyms. other non-essential businesses, among others.
State officials, quoted by the NBC network, said that it was likely that the orders were extended due to the escalation of infections that does not seem to stop, and that keeps more than 20,000 infected hospitalized.
The Golden State registered 50 141 positive cases on the last day for a total of 2 122 806 infections, according to data revealed by the California Department of Health.
Deaths related to the pandemic in a single day totaled 237 for a cumulative 24,220 deaths.
In California hospitals there are 20 059 positive coronavirus patients, of this number 1,475 are in intensive care units.
Los Angeles remains the focus of the pandemic with 29,464 positive cases since the pandemic began.
About .800 COVID-19 patients are being held at a county hospital. Los Angeles health authorities have warned that the situation could worsen in the next few weeks after Christmas and New Year travelers return home.
To lift some of the restrictions, the California Department of Health requires counties and regions to have projections of ICU capacity greater than or equal to 15%.
The capacity projections for Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley are 0%.
The Greater Sacramento region stands at 17.8% and the Bay Area is at 11.1%, according to state projections.
Los Angeles County estimates show that about 1 in 95 people are contagious with the virus.
Authorities estimate that one person dies every 10 minutes from COVID-19 in Los Angeles County.
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