California’s Regions “May Begin To Exceed Not Just Their ICU Capacity, But Their Hospital Capacity,” Warns State’s Top Health Official

The Bay Area has indefinitely extended its coronavirus stay-at-home order as ICU capacity remains extremely low amid surging new cases. Gov. Gavin Newsom had indicated earlier in the week that he expected regional orders to remain in place in some parts of California.

A renewed push to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom has attracted more than 1 million signatures, with 9 weeks left to collect the remaining 500,000 needed to place the measure on the ballot.

Acknowledging that California has repeatedly missed its stated Covid-19 vaccination targets, Governor Gavin Newsom made a bold commitment on Friday.

On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the creation of a statewide “Oxygen Strategy” to confront a new, critical problem: lack of oxygen for those afflicted with Covid-19. He said a “task force on oxygen” was stood up a week ago.

“We’re going to start seeing more rapid distribution of vaccines, I can assure you of that,” promised California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday. “That said, it’s gone too slowly, I know, for many of us. All of us, I think, we want to see 100% of what’s received immediately administered in people’s arms.”

“We’re going to start seeing more rapid distribution of vaccines, I can assure you of that,” promised California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday. “That said, it’s gone too slowly, I know, for many of us. All of us, I think, we want to see 100% of what’s received immediately administered in people’s arms.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday admitted that the COVID-19 vaccine administration process in the state was going more slowly than he – and residents – would like, as officials worked on ways to accelerate the pace of the process.

On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced what should have been good news: The state’s number of new daily cases dropped to 29,633. That’s down more than 20,000 since the state hit its all-time high of 53,711 on December 15 and substantially lower than the 7-day average of about 37,000.

The growing effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom has received another boost -- this time from Kevin Faulconer, a former mayor of San Diego.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged this week that vaccine distribution is slower than originally hoped for in the Golden Gate State, but health experts are hopeful vaccinations will pick up in the new year.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced the first known case of the new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus in the nation's most populated state, following the first reported U.S.

The new U.K. coronavirus strain has been found in California, Gov.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced a $2 billion plan to push California’s schools to begin allowing their youngest students to return to the classroom in February.  "As a parent of very young children, in person-instruction -- there's just no substitute for it.

On Wednesday, at the top of a conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci, California Governor Gavin Newsom revealed that the new, reportedly more infectious strain of Covid-19 first identified in the U.K. had been found in CA, specifically Southern California.

California Governor Gavin Newsom spent much of his Wednesday Covid-19 briefing discussing new plans to reopen schools. But amidst those details, he also reported the news that the state had recorded a shocking 432 Covid-related deaths over the past 24 hours.

California's regional stay-at-home orderhas been extended as COVID cases continue to spike in the state, it was announced Tuesday. California Gov.

California’s health secretary announced Tuesday that regional stay-at-home orders would be extended in Southern California and San Joaquin Valley as the state faces a sustained coronavirus outbreak. Both of those regions have 0% available capacity in their intensive care units, according to state health officials.

Southern California will continue in the regional stay-at-home order “until the ICU projections are above or equal to 15%,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly today.

The California governor’s days could be limited thanks to a growing effort to invoke a statewide referendum.  A campaign to recall Gov.

In Covid-19 ravaged California on Christmas Day, remaining ICU capacity for the first time fell to zero across the entire state.