The shutdowns, which go into effect at 11:59 pm Sunday, are triggered by an order announced Wednesday by Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat. The San Francisco Bay Area will also go into lockdown on Sunday night, under a different set of orders announced Friday by officials there. More than 25,000 new cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in California on Friday, officials said on Saturday, a record since the pandemic began. Overall, the United States saw a record 228,407 new cases on Friday, and 2,568 deaths, according to a Reuters tally. The University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation now projects nearly 539,000 COVID-19 deaths by April 1, even as vaccines start to become available.

Source: bd News24 December 05, 2020 23:37 UTC