CA Stay-at-Home Order to Use ICU Availability as Guide
A new California stay-at-home order, broken down on a regional basis, was announced yesterday, and will go into effect within 24 hours in regions with less than 15% intensive care unit availability.
SACRAMENTO—A new stay-at-home order, broken down on a regional basis, was announced yesterday by Governor Gavin Newsom. The order will go into effect within 24 hours in regions with less than 15% intensive care unit availability.
It prohibits private gatherings of any size, closes sector operations except for critical infrastructure and retail, and requires 100% masking and physical distancing.
The order will remain in effect for at least three weeks and, after that period, will be lifted when a region’s projected ICU capacity meets or exceeds 15%. This will be assessed on a weekly basis after the initial three-week period.
The state released a map of the five regions being measured─
- Northern California: Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity
- Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma
- Greater Sacramento: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba
- San Joaquin Valley: Calaveras, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Benito, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne
- Southern California: Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura
Actual ICU capacity remaining as of December 3, 2020 for the five regions:
- Northern California─18.6%
- Bay Area─25.3%
- Greater Sacramento─22.2%
- San Joaquin Valley─19.7%
- Southern California─20.6%