Newsom orders new lockdown in most of CA...
Regional Stay Home Order:
The Regional Stay Home Order, announced December 3, will go into effect promptly in regions with less than 15% ICU availability. It prohibits private gatherings of any size, closes sector operations except for critical infrastructure and retail, and requires 100% masking and physical distancing in all others.
The order will remain in effect for at least 3 weeks and, after that period, will be lifted when a region’s projected ICU capacity meets or exceeds 15%. This will be assessed on a weekly basis after the initial 3 week period. Learn more about this order.
The state released a map of five regions and their current ICU capacity, as well as projected dates when regions will fall below the 15 percent threshold. The regions are:
Northern California: Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity
Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma
Greater Sacramento: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba
San Joaquin Valley: Calaveras, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Benito, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne
Southern California: Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura
https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs/
Record high New Cases today...21,800
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/california/
Wild fires are burning in S. California right now too.
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I'm so freaking DONE with our County and City officials. The Hospital here was just saying that they are figuring out contingency plans to create more beds and ICU space.
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"As COVID-19 cases rise locally and throughout the region, and patients need more care, Barton Health is implementing strategies to address emergent needs of its patients from its COVID-19 Response Plan developed in spring 2020," said Befu. "This plan includes the ability to expand capacity from 63 licensed acute care beds including nine specifically for critical patients to approximately 120 acute care beds including 25 beds specifically for critical patients."
http://southtahoenow.com/story/12/02/2020/barton-hospital-prepares-handle-possible-surge-covid-19-patients
That's in our local hospital which is already small compared to a population of 20K permanent residents...then add a few 100K more tourists...
