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Watch: Gavin Newsom gives update on the COVID-19 pandemic amid worsening conditions

California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds up a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds up a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. AP/Pool

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is delivered an update on the state’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic Monday at noon. You can watch a a recording of the livestream here.

The remarks come as the situation in California continues to worsen. Statewide aggregate intensive care unit availability has been down to 0% since Christmas Eve. In addition, California has reported the more new COVID-19 cases per capita in the past week than any other state, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Newsom has warned at a previous press conference that he is likely to extend the regional stay-at-home orders for those regions worst hit: Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley.

This story was originally published December 28, 2020 at 11:42 AM with the headline "Watch: Gavin Newsom gives update on the COVID-19 pandemic amid worsening conditions."

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Andrew Sheeler is a former reporter for The Sacramento Bee’s Capitol Bureau.
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