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In June, the state surpassed the 200,000 and in July 2020, 300,000 and again, 400,000 mark, about one percent infection rate per population for the state's 40 million residents. When the state rolled back reopening on July 13, the Mexican border county of Imperial was suggested on June 26 by the state government to restore their stay-at-home order.
July 21: Orange County now has the second highest number of COVID-19 cases in California, with the count being 29,986. [152] This is just ahead of Riverside County's COVID-19 case count of 29,983. [152] Los Angeles County, which has more COVID-19 cases than any other California county, is also confirmed to have 160,000 cases. [152]
A state of emergency was declared in the state on March 4, 2020. A mandatory statewide stay-at-home order was issued on March 19, 2020; it was ended on January 25, 2021. [9] On April 6, 2021, the state announced plans to fully reopen the economy by June 15, 2021. [10]
California officials hope the return of state-mandated COVID-19 sick pay will encourage infected workers to stay home and help slow transmission.
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The California Highway Patrol is the largest state police agency in the United States, with 11,000 employees, over 7,600 of whom are sworn, according to a study in December 2019. The CHP gained international recognition in the late 1970s and the early 1980s, through the broadcast of the TV series CHiPs , which chronicled the adventures of two ...
In early May, President Trump proposed that the coronavirus task force be phased out to accommodate another group centered on reopening the economy. Amid a backlash, Trump publicly stated that the coronavirus task force would continue "indefinitely". [157] However, by the end of May, the coronavirus task force was meeting far less frequently. [158]
The first known case in the United States of COVID-19 was confirmed in the state of Washington on January 20, 2020, in a 35-year-old man who had returned from Wuhan, China on January 15. [4] The White House Coronavirus Task Force was established on January 29, with Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar as its chair. [ 2 ]