California shuts down again as U.S. coronavirus crisis expands

California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered a massive retrenchment of the state's reopening on Monday, shutting bars and banning indoor restaurant dining statewide and closing churches, gyms and hair salons in hardest-hit counties. The move, comes as several rural counties are experiencing strains to their hospital systems, while cases mount in large metropolitan areas including Los Angeles and parts of the San Francisco Bay Area. The surge in cases has also prompted two of California's largest school districts, Los Angeles and San Diego, to announce that they will be online only in the new term.

The number of people hospitalized in California with COVID-19 has risen by 28% over the past two weeks. Statewide, 6,485 patients were hospitalized with coronavirus as of Sunday, with 1,833 of them requiring intensive care, according to state data.