CALIFORNIA
January 26, 2020: First CA case, third in the USA
February 6, 2020: California sees the first death of US COVID-19
February 26, 2020: California confirms first person-to-person transmission case in the U.S.
March 4, 2020: Governor Gavin Newsom declares California state of emergency
March 11, 2020: Newsom recommends that meetings be limited to 250 people or less
March 15, 2020: Restricted elderly home visits; reduced capacity bars and restaurants y
March 19, 2020: Newsom issues shelter request on site across the state
May 19, 2020: California’s deadliest day to date, with 132 deaths
May 25, 2020: Then record 2,565 new cases reported on Memorial Day
June 18, 2020: Newsom issues mask order across the state
July 13, 2020: California companies closed again, with deaths reaching 7,000 and cases exceeding 320,000
July 17, 2020: Newsom calls for distance learning
September 16, 2020: The positivity rate of the state reaches the record level. California has 14,451 deaths and more than 760,000 cases
November 15-16, 2020: Closed non-essential business, masks required outside the home and curfew at 10 pm decreed
December 3, 2020: Newsom orders blockages for regions where ICU bed capacity drops below 15%
December 14, 2020: First vaccines arrive while California breaks record with 41,149 cases a day, while death toll rises 157% in two weeks
December 16, 2020: 0% of the ICU bed capacity in San Joaquin Valley and Southern California; 21,188 deaths and 1.6 million cases
December 24, 2020: California becomes the first state to file two million COVID-19 cases
December 25, 2020: All five regions have the maximum capacity of the ICU
December 29, 2020: California renews home stay request indefinitely
December 30, 2020: United Kingdom variant detected in California
January 9, 2021: A record 695 people die in one day, while the death toll exceeds 28,000 and cases rise to more than 2.5 million
January 25, 2021: suspended stay home request
February 10, 2021: California reports first two cases of South African coronavirus variant