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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) reported this Monday morning that the state will move toward normal and terminated the order to stay home that had been broadcast in regions with low availability of intensive care beds.
From this Monday the regions of Southern California , the Bay Area and the San Joaquin Valley will be able to return to the purple category of the state risk system, which allows the operation of many establishments although with some conditions.
With the order, the entire state will return to the risk system by colors and by counties.
📣 #CA lifts the regional stay at home order statewide as four-week ICU capacity projections exceed 15% for the remaining impacted regions. Most counties are returning to the most strict (purple) tier of the Blueprint for a Safer Economy.
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– CA Public Health (@CAPublicHealth) January 15, 2021
According to the Department of Public Health, the four-week projections for the three regions , they ensure that the capacity of beds available in intensive care will be greater than 15% , which had triggered the restrictions at the beginning of last December.
“California is slowly emerging from this wave which has been the most dangerous of the pandemic so far, it is the light at the end of the tunnel how much we have waited ”, assured the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Mark Ghaly in a statement.
The curfew that had been established in the state between 10 at night and 5 in the morning, has also come to an end this Monday.
“Californians heard the important message of staying as long as possible possible and accepted the challenge of stopping the spread and saving lives ”, assured the director of the CDPH, Dr. Tomás Aragón.
