SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are surging in parts of California and the U.S. Southwest, prompting Arizona to reactivate its emergency prepare for medical centers and California to position counties where half its population survives on a watch list.
SUBMIT PHOTO: An upkeep employee cleans a food preparation area while using a face mask and gloves at Golfland Sunsplash water park after the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) constraints were alleviated in Mesa, Arizona, U.S. May 15,2020 REUTERS/Caitlin O’Hara
The uptick in cases, which might lead authorities to reimpose or tighten up public health limitations aimed at slowing the virus’ spread, complicates efforts to resume the U.S. economy, which has been ravaged by shelter-at-home rules.
New Jersey, one of the states struck hardest by the pandemic, with over 12,000 deaths, raised its stay-at-home order on Tuesday.
More than 18 million of California’s 39 million homeowners live in counties now on the watch list, that includes Los Angeles, Santa Clara and Fresno, a Reuters analysis showed.
” Many of the cases that are showing up in healthcare facilities are linked to gatherings that are occurring in homes – birthday celebrations and funeral services,” stated