加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托——2月27日:2020年2月27日，加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽瑟姆在加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托的加州公共卫生部的新闻发布会上发表讲话。加州州长加文·纽瑟姆与州卫生官员一起向公众通报了该州对冠状病毒(COVID-19)的最新反应，此前一天，北加州报道了可能的首例人传人病例。(照片由贾斯汀·沙利文/盖蒂图像公司提供)
加州州长加文·纽瑟姆周四报告称，该州在新型冠状病毒大流行期间迎来了迄今为止最致命的一天，有115人死亡，他警告居民，在新型冠状病毒被遏制之前，还有更多工作要做。
“昨天是该州这种病毒最致命的一天。纽瑟姆在每日冠状病毒新闻发布会上说:“115个人失去了生命——家庭四分五裂。
“我们还没有脱离险境。州长说:“我知道人们有强烈的愿望，每小时打一次电话的人都说是时候恢复工作了——想想过去24小时里加利福尼亚州最致命的一天，死亡总数增加了8.5%。”。
纽森还表示，COVID-19检测呈阳性的总人数增加了5.6%。根据加州公共卫生部，截至周四，已有37，369例确诊病例和1，469例死亡。
“但是尽管有这些数字，还是有一些积极的消息，”纽森继续说道。“住院率下降了4.4%，[的[重症监护室病人下降了1.2%。”
被调查的人数，即怀疑患有新型冠状病毒的人数，也下降了。纽森说，这些数字的下降表明该州的曲线“稳定”，但提醒那些认为自己“脱离险境”的居民。
“我继续鼓励你们所有人做你们已经做的事情，这导致了局势的稳定...纽瑟姆说:“[和]当你不能在杂货店或其他地方练习身体上的距离时，进一步练习身体上的距离、社交上的距离以及适当地戴上面罩。”。
纽森说，如果在加州进入“非常温暖的周末”和人们去远足或去海滩时，人们不把州指导方针付诸实践，那么他刚刚报告的下降数字将在“一周左右”上升
周三，州长已经放松了在家办公的命令，他说他将允许选择性手术，不包括整容手术。
“是的，这些手术是有计划的，但也是必不可少的:肿瘤、心脏瓣膜...如果被推迟，它最终会被否定。如果延误，它会变得非常严重，从根本上说，这是一个健康问题，不仅仅是病毒问题，”纽森在周三的新闻发布会上说。这一决定也是该州冠状病毒住院治疗稳定的结果，但州长表示，如果未来的数据显示这可能会使医院系统“超负荷运转”，他们将撤销这一决定。
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR WARNS STATE IS 'NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET' DESPITE DROP IN CORONAVIRUS HOSPITALIZATIONS
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 27: California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference at the California Department of Public Health on February 27, 2020 in Sacramento, California. California Gov. Gavin Newsom joined State health officials to an update to the public about the state's response to the Coronavirus known as COVID-19 a day after a possible first case of person-to-person transmission was reported in Northern California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
California Governor Gavin Newsom reported Thursday the state had its deadliest day thus far during the novel coronavirus pandemic with 115 deaths, warning residents that there is more to be done before the novel coronavirus is contained.
"Yesterday was the deadliest day for this virus in the state. 115 human beings lost their lives – families torn apart," Newsom said during his daily coronavirus press briefing.
"We're not out of the woods yet. I know there is deep desire, people making calls on an hourly basis saying it's time to open back up – consider the deadliest day in the state of California the last 24 hours, an 8.5 percent increase in the total number of deaths," the governor said.
Newsom also said there was a 5.6 percent increase in the total number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19. According to the California Department of Public Health, there are 37,369 confirmed cases and 1,469 deaths as of Thursday.
"But there was some positive news despite those numbers," Newsom continued. "Hospitalizations are down 4.4 percent and [there was] a 1.2 percent decline in [intensive care unit patients]."
The number of persons under investigation, that is people suspected to have the novel coronavirus, also dropped. Newsom said that the drops in these numbers indicate a "stabilization" in the state's curve, but cautioned residents who think they are "out of the woods."
"I continue to encourage all of you to do what you've done that led to that stabilization...[and] to further the call of practicing physical distancing, social distancing, and appropriately wearing face coverings when you cannot practice physical distancing at the grocery store or elsewhere," Newsom said.
Newsom said that if people do not put state guidelines into practice as California goes into a "very warm weekend" and people go out hiking or to the beach, then the numbers he just reported as dropping will rise "in a week or so."
The governor had already loosened stay-at-home orders Wednesday when he said he would allow elective surgeries, not including cosmetic surgeries to take place.
"These are surgeries that, yes, are scheduled, but also are essential: tumors, heart valves...If it is delayed, it becomes ultimately denied. If it is delayed, it becomes acute and that fundamentally is a health issue beyond just the issue of the virus," Newsom said at his press briefing Wednesday. That decision was also made as a result of coronavirus hospitalizations stabilizing in the state, but the governor said they would reverse the decision if the future data suggests it could "overload" hospital systems.
