California reports record daily increase in coronavirus cases as it becomes worst-hit state in the U.S., Newsom says

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/22/california-reports-record-daily-increase-in-coronavirus-cases-as-it-becomes-worst-hit-state-in-the-us.html

Noah Higgins-Dunn
Jasmine Kim
Published Wed, Jul 22 2020

California reported more than 12,800 coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the highest reported daily tally the state has recorded so far, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday.

California has now surpassed New York in total confirmed Covid-19 cases — more than 409,500 cases as of Wednesday — making it the state with the most cases in the U.S., according to Johns Hopkins University data. However, New York has reported more than four times the number of deaths, according to Johns Hopkins.

“We’re a state, again, size of 21 states combined, so it’s not surprising now in some respects as we’ve begun to reopen key sectors of our economy,” Newsom said at a news briefing Wednesday. “People continue to mix and people continue to come in close contact with others that may have contracted this disease that our numbers would start to go up in total now.”

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Newsom has already made sweeping rollbacks to California’s reopening plan, ordering all bars and all dine-in restaurants, movie theaters, museums and other indoor businesses across the state to close.

In addition to the statewide order, Newsom also ordered the closure of indoor operations for fitness centers, worship services, personal care services, malls, offices, hair salons and barbershops for all counties that have been on California’s monitoring list for three or more consecutive days.

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