At 12 noon on Tuesday, text warnings were issued to residents of Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley asking them to stay home and abide by the newly enacted health orders, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services said in a tweet. Governments have used cell phones to warn residents about the corona virus from the onset of infections. New York City sent out an emergency alert to phones in April, asking all licensed health workers to support its healthcare facilities. In October, authorities in Utah sent an emergency alert to every phone in the state to warn of rapidly rising cases. California text message comes in the midst of dangerous corona virus numbers. There have been 169,354 new cases reported in the state in the last seven days, the highest ever reported by any state during an epidemic. In the past two weeks, the number of daily cases in the state has more than doubled. California also reached a critical milestone when it recorded more than 20,000 deaths on Tuesday. In the past two weeks, 71% of hospital admissions and ICU admissions are 68.7%, California Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Gale said at a news conference Tuesday. Galli expressed concern that highly trained healthcare workers “could not provide the kind of care that Californians expected.” Both Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley found themselves in the ICU under new health orders Sunday night. Capacity in each came under the 15% limit set by the government Gavin Newsom. In November, Los Angeles County ordered the closure of all indoor and outdoor dining. While some officials said the move was necessary to mitigate the spread, many were concerned about the economic impact. A High Court judge on Tuesday ruled that district health officials “acted arbitrarily” in issuing the order because they did not provide the “necessary risk-benefit analysis.” In order to support closures. According to the judge, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has imposed a ban beyond the original three-week period, which ends Dec. 16, because district health officials were unable to provide scientific data to support the closure of all outdoor food outlets. CNN’s Seri Mosberg and Alexandra Meeks contributed to the report. .
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