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California Coronavirus Lockdowns Extended As Hospitals Teeter On Brink Of Crisis

Tough restrictions imposed earlier this month on social and economic life were extended in densely populated Southern California, based on data showing intensive care units there likely to stay filled at or near capacity for weeks to come.

The stay-at-home orders, among the strictest in the United States, are also being renewed in the agricultural heartland of the San Joaquin Valley, whose hospital ICUs have likewise remained for weeks with little or no bed space to spare.