California continues to stay home

A little over a month ago this website reported about the new regional stay at home order that California Governor Gavin Newsom issued to the state. Now after a month of this stay at

Popular Capitol Park is empty.

home order being issued the state has experienced the worsening of COVID-19 cases throughout the state and an extension of the stay at home order.

Napa Valley wine tasting is closed.

At the time when first reporting about the Governor’s new stay at home order only two regions, the Southern California and San Joaquin Valley, were under the strictest tier of the stay-at-home order. They were also the only two regions in the state to have ICU bed availability drop below 15%. Now things have changed dramatically throughout the state. Four out of the five regions in the state now have ICU bed availability under 15% with Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley having 0% ICU bed availability, and only Northern California having above 15% availability.

COVID-19 rules placed on a playground.

Also happening in California right now is that the state is experiencing a widespread transmission of the coronavirus. All of the five regions in the state are currently experiencing

widespread transmission of the virus with the Southern California region experiencing the worst outbreak. Then on a county level 54 out of the 58 counties are experiencing widespread transmission rates with only Humboldt, Alpine, and Mariposa counties having sustainable transmission rates and only Serria County having a moderate transmission rate. Los Angeles County is currently having the worst outbreak with 1 in 5 COVID-19 test coming back as positive.

Downtown Sacramento empty as people stay home.

The combination of very limited ICU beds throughout the state and the vast majority of counties in the state has caused all of the state’s stay-at-home regions to be put in the strictest tier of the order. With the state being under a very strict stay-at-home order many businesses have had to close or change the way they operate.

Right now, businesses that attract large gatherings indoors or outdoors like movie theaters, theme parks, museums, convention centers, and live theaters, must remain close. Restaurants must only operate with take out or delivery services. While businesses like department stores,

makeup stores, toy stores, and more nonessential stores can operate at limited capacities and social distancing measures put in place inside the store. Large offices and other companies that can operate remotely or work remotely are encouraged to continue to operate and work remotely. Lastly film production especially in Los Angeles County has all but come to a stop.

Products outside to increase in store capacity.

Sacramento café manager Alicia Carson said, “The stricter stay-at-home order has been harder for the café, but I am ok with operating at takeout only until there are more hospital beds available here.”

California’s stricter stay-at-home order has hurt the economy and businesses, but without it there is no telling of how bad the hospital might be overrun or how bad the spread of the virus would be. Right now, the stay-at-home is in place to prevent a further crisis.