Phil Murphy announced on Monday that indoor dining in the state will not resume this week as concerns mount of the surging number of coronavirus cases nationwide. However, after #COVID19 spikes in other states driven by, in part, the return of indoor dining, we have decided to postpone indoor dining indefinitely,” Murphy tweeted. Murphy said he chose to make the decision not to allow indoor dining to resume after seeing reports of overcrowding, a disregard for social distancing, and few people wearing masks at restaurants across the state. "COVID-19 is still circulating in California, and in some parts of the state, growing stronger," Newsom announced in a written statement. The widely cited University of Washington computer model of the outbreak last week projected nearly 180,000 deaths by Oct. 1.

Source: Fox News June 29, 2020 19:41 UTC