Governor Gavin Newsom Says State Has A New COVID Hot Spot, Deploys "Strike Teams"

Weeks after California Governor Gavin Newsom identified Imperial County as the state’s hardest-hit region, he announced at his daily news conference that the state’s Central Valley was the new major area of concern.

While the 14-day average rate of positive tests statewide is 7.5 percent, that rate in the Central Valley ranges between 10.7 and 17.7 percent. Essential workers at farms, manufacturing and prisons there have been hit especially hard.

The governor announced that, much as he did a few weeks ago in hard-hit Imperial County, he was deploying three “strike teams” made up of of HHS, OSHA, state emergency services personnel and local partners to aid the Central Valley.

He announced a $52 million investment to bolster testing, tracing and healthcare support in the Central Valley. That comes via a $400 million CDC grant.

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