New order is a modification of the state’s initial Stay at Home Order signed in March and builds on the Blueprint for a Safer Economy Schools currently open can remain open and retailers can operate indoors at no more than 20 percent capacity to reduce exposure risk Regional Stay at Home Orders will require Californians to stay at home as much as possible, close operations for certain sectors and require 100 percent masking and physical distancing in all others Regional Stay at Home Order takes effect Saturday affects regions with less than 15 percent ICU availability But a palpable feeling of anticipation has replaced the anxiety, frustration and sadness that ushered in summer 2020.įor Angie Barragan, who was born in Los Angeles and returned for a visit last week from her home in Las Vegas, so many once-normal things feel new, awkward and amazing: strolling in public without a mask, socializing for the first time in ages.Health officials are tracking the state by five regions: Northern California, Bay Area, Greater Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California
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The reopening doesn’t necessarily mean people will immediately flock to places and events they once packed, or that businesses will opt to return to full capacity immediately.
That dramatic drop in infections combined with an increasing number of vaccinated residents - over 70 percent of adults have had at least one dose - led Newsom to announce in April that most Covid-19 restrictions would be lifted June 15. More people tested positive for the virus in California (3.8 million and counting) and more people died (63,000 plus) than anywhere else in the country, although the nation’s most populous state had a lower per capita death rate than most others.Ĭalifornia now has one of the lowest rates of infection in the country, below 1 percent. Shutdowns, curfews and harrowing images from overwhelmed hospitals became the norm as the state set new records almost daily for infection rates and staggering death tolls. “The state is not just poised to recover, it’s poised to come roaring back.”īy summer's end, a darker reality set in as California hurtled toward a deadly winter surge. Gavin Newsom said on the eve of the reopening. There is no state in America that has more,” Gov. “With all due respect, eat your heart out, the rest of the United States.
People can pack indoor bars and nightclubs from the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles to the Castro in San Francisco. Disneyland is throwing its doors open to all tourists after allowing just California residents. Fans can cheer mask-less at Dodgers and Giants games. The economy is fully reopening for the first time in 15 months and people can largely return to pre-pandemic lifestyles. Just in time for summer, California wants to send the message that life in the Golden State is getting much closer to normal.
And masks - one of the most symbolic and fraught symbols of the pandemic - will no longer be mandated for vaccinated people in most settings, though businesses and counties can still require them. Starting Tuesday, there will be no more state rules on social distancing, and no more limits on capacity at restaurants, bars, supermarkets, gyms, stadiums or anywhere else.
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