LOS ANGELES, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The vast region of California state will enter a new stay-at-home order tonight, as its many parts hit the 15 percent or lower threshold, for intensive care unit (ICU) capacity, amid COVID-19 surge, local health authorities said.
Based on the latest ICU data, the 11-county Southern California region, which includes Los Angeles, and San Joaquin Valley in Central California, dropped below 15 percent ICU capacity, said the California Department of Public Health in a statement.
It noted that the regional stay-at-home order will take effect in those two regions, at 11:59 tonight local time (0759GMT) and will remain in effect for at least three weeks.
The two regions are home to around 27 million people, in the most populous state in the United States, with a population of around 40 million.
In response to the recent rapidly increasing number of new cases and hospitalisations, California Governor, Gavin Newsom, on Thursday, announced plans for the regional stay-at-home order, to contain the pandemic based on hospital capacity, which is designed to be triggered, when fewer than 15 percent of beds are available in ICU for a region.– NNN-AGENCIES
