Gov. Newsome at his daily briefing yesterday said the state has 1.6 million unemployed workers now that have filed for unemployment insurance. Californiaa s steeply climbing unemployment numbers reflect an economy brought to a standstill by the statea s stay-at-home orders that have confined many to their homes and forced businesses deemed nonessential, such as bars, hair salons and movie theaters, to close.
Early numbers indicate California may successfully be slowing its rate of infection, but Newsom said ita s too early to discuss lifting stay-at-home rules. His administration still predicts the state will need 50,000 more hospital beds on top of the 75,000 that the hospital system already had before COVID-19 began, with a peak anticipated around mid-May.A Gov. Newsom announced Monday afternoon that more than 25 thousand people have already signed up for service in his recently announced a California Health Corpsa . The Gov. gives press briefs every day at noon.