California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered the closing of bars in six counties, including Los Angeles, due to the rising spread of COVID-19.
Newsom announced the new order on TwitterSunday,listing Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, L.A., San Joaquin and Tulare as counties required to close bars.
Meanwhile, bars in Contra Costa, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Stanislaus and Ventura are also recommended to close. "COVID-19 is still circulating in California, and in some parts of the state, growing stronger,” Newsom said in a statement."That’s why it is critical we take this step to limit the spread of the virus in the counties that are seeing the biggest increases." The impacted counties were based on daily.