26June 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom released another cautioning to Californians about the growing spread of the coronavirus as the state once again reported increases in hospitalizations.The guv's Thursday press conference marked the third time this week that he has urged people to take more precautions as he revealed troubling brand-new highs.”I can not impress upon people more the importance
at this important juncture, when we are experiencing an increase in cases that we have not experienced in the past, to take seriously this moment,”Newsom stated.”If we do, we can mitigate and we can bend [the curve] and we eventually can rebound and become more resilient still in the future.”As of Thursday, Newsom said patients hospitalized because of COVID-19 jumped 32 %in the last two weeks to 4,240, double the two-week boost of 16%that he had reported on Monday. After growing previously today, the rate of favorable cases remained stable at 5.1% over 2 weeks compared to Wednesday, he stated. Advertisement The guv has actually pleaded with Californians to use face masks and preserve a physical distance of six feet
from one another. He
recommended those over the age of 65 or with chronic medical conditions to stay at home.But beyond telling Californians to heed the state's mask requirement, the governor has not restored any of the constraints he started reducing in early May or required that counties experiencing rises shutter services once again. Fifteen counties in California, consisting of Los Angeles, have actually reported a raised transmission of the illness, increased hospitalizations or a limited medical facility capability that doesn't meet the state's guidelines.Newsom said Thursday that he would think about toggling back and issuing limitations again if health care needs begin to exceed capacity.”When our system can not soak up, when there's a capability factor to consider or constraint, that
‘s when we certainly have alarm bells that are raised,”he said.