A partial closure of bars and indoor dining was extended to the whole of the state after 8,358 new coronavirus cases on Sunday.
Initially, it worked, as the number of cases stabilised in the following weeks, while other states were hit by huge increases.
Governor Newsom was quick to allow most businesses to reopen in May, but the subsequent rise in cases and patients going to hospital led him to impose new restrictions this month. California has reported more than 329,100 cases and more than 7,000 deaths, though infections are probably higher because some people don't show symptoms and there is a lack of testing.Along with Florida and Texas, it has become one of the new US epicentres of the pandemic, although infections have risen rapidly in about 40 of the 50 states over the last two weeks, according to Reuters.
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