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California at Covid-19 tipping point

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epa08552861 A woman enters a tent to get a COVID-19 test at the St. John's Well Child and Family Center mobile COVID-19 clinic set up outside 118th Street Elementary School amid the coronavirus pandemic in Los Angeles, California, USA, 17 July 2020. The St. John's Well Child and Family Center is organizing COVID-19 in a mobile testing units in the area, most of the residents they are currently testing in their South L.A. clinics are Latinos and Afro-Americans. The California Department of Health reported that Latinos are currently 2.9 times more likely than white people to test positive for the coronavirus. EPA-EFE/ETIENNE LAURENT

California’s governor said on Monday the state was at a “tipping point” in the COVID-19 pandemic that would soon overwhelm hospitals as political leaders nationwide turn to increasingly aggressive measures to hold back the latest surge.

Governor Gavin Newsom said he may clamp new “stay-at-home” orders on California’s roughly 40 million residents in the face of infections and hospitalizations that are still rising weeks before emergency vaccines are predicted for release.

“(California) has worked hard to prepare for a surge – but we can’t sustain the record high cases we’re seeing,” Newsom said on Twitter. “Current projections show CA will run out of current ICU beds before Christmas Eve.

The governor told reporters discussions were underway among state health officials over the potential stay-at-home order. He expects to issue a decision in the next day or two.

Last week he ordered a daily curfew barring social gatherings and other non-essential activities across most of the state between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. daily.

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