Covid-19 Christmas Lockdown Likely Starts Sunday; ICU Capacity Drops Dramatically & Cases Surge In Southern California
deadline.comSurging coronavirus cases and tumbling intensive-care unit bed availability looks almost certain to plunge Los Angeles and the rest of Southern California into a new lockdown period this weekend.Coming much quicker than anticipated, the state’s Department of Public Health late Friday night declared that ICU capacity has fallen fast to just 13.1% for Southern California.If the area remains just one more day below the 15% threshold deemed the danger point by Governor Gavin Newsom on December 3, then his regional stay-at-home order would come into effect early Sunday.Once triggered, the state order automatically goes into effect for three weeks.In this case, that means hard hit Southern California would be essentially locked down over Hanukkah
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