California Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued a series of business closures as cases of COVID-19 surge throughout the state.
The governor announced on Monday that the entire state will be forced to close down indoor operations for restaurants, wineries, theaters, zoos, museums, card rooms, and family entertainment centers, as well as all bar operations.
Thirty counties will now be required to close fitness centers, places of worship, offices for noncritical sectors, personal care services, hair salons, barbershops, and malls. These closures will affect counties that have been on the state’s coronavirus monitoring list for more than three days.
NEW: As #COVID19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise, 30 counties will now be required to CLOSE INDOOR OPERATIONS for:
-Fitness Centers
-Places of Worship
-Offices for Non-Critical Sectors
-Personal Care Services
-Hair Salons and Barbershops
-Malls— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 13, 2020
NEW: #COVID19 cases continue to spread at alarming rates.
CA is now closing indoor operations STATEWIDE for:
-Restaurants
-Wineries
-Movie theaters, family entertainment
-Zoos, museums
-CardroomsBars must close ALL operations.
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 13, 2020
The statewide closures follow an order issued on July 1 to close indoor operations at the same types of businesses across 19 counties in the state, which already included 72% of California residents but didn’t include counties, such as San Francisco, that hadn’t begun reopening those indoor activities.
The state has seen a sharp increase in its number of COVID-19 cases in recent days. California has had more than 320,000 cases since the start of the pandemic and more than 7,000 deaths.
