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Governor Gavin Newsom provides an update on the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recorded December 18, 2020 in Sacramento, California.
For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus
B
Hey
everybody.
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
a
quick
update
on
where
we
are
with
our
covet
response
on
this,
particularly
busy
and
historic
week,
particularly
as
it
relates
to
the
access
now
and
distribution
of
the
vaccine,
but
I
want
to
just
begin
with
a
sober
reminder
of
where
we
are
in
terms
of
average
number
of
daily
cases
approaching,
roughly
forty
thousand
thirty
nine
thousand
eight
hundred
and
ten
is
the
seven
day
average
total
number
of
new
cases
of
coven
19
positive
californians.
Just
yesterday
we
reported
over
forty
thousand
forty
one
thousand
and
twelve
individuals.
B
Let's
put
this
again
in
perspective.
Looking
at
this
chart
going
back
to
april
we're
not
11.8
percent
positivity.
Our
positivity
rate,
that
is
in
the
state
of
california
over
the
last
14-day
period,
is
now
11.8
percent.
The
average
number
of
daily
tests
is
now
over
300
000.
That's
an
encouraging
sign
we're
getting
close
to
having
tested
almost
30
million
californians
averaging
now,
roughly
310
000
daily
tests.
We
still
have
to
see
those
numbers
growing
we're
working
hard
to
make
testing
more
available
and
more
timely
in
terms
of
results.
B
Take
a
look
at
the
positivity
rate
over
the
last
14
days
that
11.8
percent-
just
look
where
we
were
two
weeks
ago
at
7.6
percent-
gives
you
a
sense
of
the
rate
of
growth
in
terms
of
the
transmission
of
this
disease.
70
increase
in
our
hospitalizations
over
the
last
14
days
now
over
16
000
californians
that
are
covered
positive
in
our
hospital
system.
I'll
talk
more
about
that
in
just
a
moment,
you
can
see
as
well.
B
The
icu
admissions
58
increase
over
the
last
14
days
now
over
3
400
californians
in
our
icus
and
the
icu
and
hospitalization
rates
over
two
week
period.
I
put
this
slide
up,
so
you
can
really
absorb
and
get
a
sense
of
where
we
really
are
in
terms
of
total
number
of
average
cases,
but
also
what's
happened
to
our
hospitals
and
what's
happening
in
our
icu's
117
percent
increase.
B
B
You
can
see
what
happens
just
over
a
period
of
days
and
weeks,
not
months,
so
I
want
to
be
right
here,
I'm
right
here,
reminding
you
of
where
we
are
in
the
midst
of
this
pandemic,
with
a
sense
of
urgency
of
focus
in
terms
of
what
you
can
do,
what
we
can
do
together
to
mitigate
this
spread
and
to
bend
this
curve
at
this
critical
juncture
and
here's
why
this
is
sober.
Take
a
look
at
this.
B
2578
people
have
lost
their
lives
just
in
the
last
two
weeks.
Reminder
of
how
deadly
this
pandemic
is
how
deadly
this
disease
is
and
how
we
are
battling
our
way
through
the
peak
of
this
third
wave
and
how
we
still
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
over
the
course
of
the
next
number
of
weeks.
Take
a
look
here
at
what
I
mean
by
that
current
icu
capacity
in
the
state
down
to
2.1
percent
statewide.
B
Take
a
look
at
san
joaquin
valley,
zero
percent
down
in
southern
california,
zero
percent.
You
saw
some
headlines
the
last
24
hours
just
down
in
southern
california,
the
bay
area
now
formally
and
officially
dropping
below
15
icu
capacity.
Now
moving
into
this
new
regional
stay-at-home
order
now
representing
98
percent
of
the
state,
san
joaquin
valley,
southern
california,
the
greater
sacramento
area,
of
course,
the
bay
area
specifically
now
under
the
regional
stay-at-home
order
because
of
the
lack
of
availability
in
our
icus
I'll,
just
remind
you
as
it
relates
to
icus.
B
B
So
I
don't
want
people
to
to
be
alarmed
by
that,
except
I
do
want
to
raise
the
alarm
bell
about
what
we
all
must
do
individually
and
collectively
to
address
this
rate
of
growth,
and
we
have
the
capacity
to
do
a
lot
to
do
that,
but
again
icu
capacity
now
down
to
2.1
percent
statewide
when
it
hits
that
zero
percent
we'll
be
in
that
surge
phase.
If
we
already
are
in
san
joaquin
valley
and
in
southern
california,
remind
folks
of
something
very
familiar.
B
Those
of
you
have
watched
our
formal
press
conferences
on
monday
and
tuesdays.
This
is
the
alternative
care
sites
that
we've
already
set
up
in
the
state
imperial
cali
valley
college.
It's
already
set
up
sacramento
the
sleep
train
arena
is
already
set
up
actually
bringing
covet
positive
patients
in
to
that
arena.
We
also
opened
this
week,
just
in
the
last
few
days,
porterville
developmental
center
and
fairview
developmental
center,
allowing
us
to
decompress
our
hospital
system,
make
more
space
available
and
allow
for
more
acute
patients
in
those
acute
care
facilities.
B
These
alternative
care
sites
allowing
us
that
capacity
reminder.
We
have
thousand
couple
thousand
rooms
that
are
available
in
the
alternative
care
sites
and
we
will
take
them
off
what
we
refer
to
as
the
warm
status
and
bring
them
online.
As
these
four
have
in
the
last
few
weeks
to
this
week,
a
few
others
over
the
last
few
weeks
be
making
them
available
throughout
the
state
of
california.
That's
been
pre-positioned
strategically
placed
in
areas
that
we
anticipate.
A
B
Staffing
is,
of
course,
our
biggest
need.
It's
the
number
one
issue
that
we're
facing
in
this
state.
We
continue
to
work
to
provide
more
staff,
more
support
for
our
counties,
our
local
health
officers,
our
districts
that
reliant
on
state
support,
we're
also
looking
to
get
federal
support.
So
you
can
see
just
the
staff
we've
already
deployed
at
69
facilities
in
22,
different
counties,
539
state
staff.
We
have
outstanding
requests
in
the
department
of
defense
and
we
have
outstanding
requests
and
health
and
human
services.
B
I've
been
dialing
a
lot
to
talk
to
secretary
of
hhs
to
get
an
extension,
for
example,
on
our
dmat
team
that
are
supposed
to
be
well
they're
supposed
to
be
sent
back
to
the
federal
jurisdiction
on
the
24th
of
this
month.
It's
an
example
of
what
those
specific
requests.
Look
like
I'll
talk
more
about
that
on
monday
and
tuesday
and
wednesday
next
week.
Healthcore
is
a
big
part
of
our
staffing
strategy.
B
143
facilities
statewide
have
been
supported
by
close
to
3
000
shifts
for
health
corps
members
and
they're
in
their
skilled
nursing
facilities,
our
veterans
homes,
as
well
as
at
the
sleep
training
arena
themselves.
We
want
to
encourage
those
that
have
just
recently
retired
people
that
have
a
unique
skill
or
expertise.
A
B
Good
news
and
when
I
said
historic,
it's
sort
of
that
bookmark
of
the
reality
this
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel,
but
the
sober
reality
that
we're
still
again
in
the
tunnel,
but
even
brighter
light
and
I'll
get
to
that
in
a
moment
in
terms
of
what's
happened
over
the
last
24
hours.
But
here's
what
happened
at
the
beginning
of
the
week.
I
don't
remind
you
of
what
pfizer
has
provided
the
state
of
california
at
least
has
committed
to
the
state
of
california
560
625
doses.
It
was
higher.
We
had
anticipated.
B
We
would
be
receiving
a
second
allocation
on
top
of
the
327
600
doses
that
were
already
delivered
to
now:
117
specific
sites,
statewide,
that's
what
occurred
this
week,
monday,
tuesday
wednesday
and
yesterday
we
were
hoping
to
get
393,
000
vaccination
or
rather
doses
allocated
to
the
state
in
that
second
allocation.
But
we
were
told
yesterday
by
cdc
hhs
that
they're
cutting
that
by
40
percent
so
unfortunately
went
from
393
000
down
to
233
025.
B
That
is
anticipated
as
our
second
allocation,
and
so
that's
unfortunate.
But
it's
good
news.
Nonetheless,
the
irony
of
that
and
it's
been
well
considered,
or
rather
well
reported,
and
we
talked
to
pfizer
ourselves
directly
that
they
claim
they
have
more
vaccines,
but
are
not
getting
the
authorization
from
the
federal
government
for
the
distribution.
So
there's
been
a
point
of
frustration.
B
Friction
to
be
canon
with
you.
It's
been
expressed
by
many
many
governors
all
across
the
country,
regardless
of
even
political
party.
I'm
always
here
not
with
a
clenched
fist
in
terms
of
these
issues,
but
an
open
hand
to
understand
what
we
can
do
to
to
address
that
disconnect
between
what
pfizer
is
saying
and
what
the
cdc
and
hhs
is
saying.
We
have
calls
in
not
just
the
pfizer
where
we
got
calls
back,
but
to
the
administration
to
get
more
clarity
on
that
and
we'll
update
you
in
real
time.
B
I
won't
wait
till
monday
if
we
get
more
information
on
this
in
real
time.
I'll
make
sure
we
update
folks.
So
that's
the
second
phase
allocation,
560
000
fiser
doses.
We
were
able
to
get
out
we're
going
to
get
more
information.
I
want
to
make
sure
they're
perfectly
accurate
and
the
public
press
others
ask
for
specific
data,
as
it
relates
to
doses
that
have
been
administered,
meaning
shots
in
the
arm.
You'll
see
here
day,
one
we
were
able
to
accomplish
some
3278
doses
that
were
injected.
B
We
are
going
to
update
that
number
day.
Two
and
three.
We
will
provide
that
as
those
new
numbers
come
in
we're
putting
together
a
database.
We
want
to
make
sure
it's
really
accurate
day.
One
numbers
we
are
confident
or
accurate
and
day
two
and
three
we're
putting
together
and
present
those
as
soon
as
I
have
them,
but
here's
the
brighter
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel.
I
was
referring
to
and
that's
the
anticipation
that
the
fda
is
going
to
quickly
approve
for
emergency
use,
the
moderna
vaccine.
B
I
I
remind
everybody,
the
pfizer
vaccines
vaccine
that
needs
to
be
in
a
freezer
versus
moderna,
which
needs
to
be
in
a
refrigerator
more
folks
have
access
to
refrigerators,
particularly
in
rural
parts
of
the
state,
more
remote
parts
of
the
state
than
they
do
freezers.
That's
just
an
easy
way
of
sort
of
describing
the
ultra
low
storage
versus
just
the
cold
storage,
which
is
the
distinction
between
the
two
vaccines
in
terms
of
the
distribution.
B
There's
also
some
other
distinctions
in
terms
of
the
vaccines
as
it
relates
not
just
to
its
efficacy
and
safety,
but
also
in
terms
of
other
aspects
that
distinguish
moderna
from
pfizer.
That's
for
another
day.
But
I
want
to
mind
you
that
we
are
committed
each
and
every
day
to
your
safety
and
really
monitoring
the
efficacy
of
these
drugs.
And
it's
not
that
we
don't
take
other
people's
word.
We
trust,
but
forgive
me,
I'm
in
ronald
reagan's
old
office
here
we
verify,
and
that
is
the
creation
of
this
western
state.
Scientific
safety
review,
work.
B
Group,
11,
california,
members,
six
members
from
three
other
states,
17
members.
They
unanimously
supported
the
efficacy
of,
and
safety
of,
the
pfizer
vaccine.
They
are
reviewing
the
moderna
data
and,
as
immediately
as
soon
as
we
get
the
final
fda
approval,
they'll
review
that
additional
data
and
make
a
determination.
So
we
can
quickly
distribute
672,
600
anticipated
doses
of
the
boderna
vaccine
that
we
anticipate
as
early
as
next
week.
B
672
000,
that's
in
addition
to
the
pfizer
vaccines
that
we
just
updated
so
moderna,
again
easier
to
store,
and
that
makes
it
easier
to
distribute
from
a
logistics
perspective
makes
it
much
more
available
to
those
in
parts
of
the
state
that
are
under
resourced
traditionally
in
terms
of
access
and
availability,
a
critical
component
of
the
work
that
our
citizens
vaccinating
advisory
committee
is
doing.
Remember
we
have
a
guidelines
working
group
that
advises
the
citizens
advisory
committee.
They
met
yesterday
wednesday
in
a
public
setting
it's
been
reported.
I
encourage
you.
B
These
are
the
allocations
once
we
use
utilized
roughly
2.4
to
3
million
doses
for
healthcare
workers
and
folks
in
assisted
living
and
skilled
nursing
facilities.
These
would
be
the
next
allocations.
Food
service
workers,
teachers
they
discussed
at
length
yesterday,
who
was
in
that
group?
I
encourage
you
again
to
go
to
the
dot
covent19.ca.gov
website
to
learn
more
about
that,
but
progress
is
being
made
in
terms
of
identifying
and
prioritizing
face
one
b
allocations,
and
so
that
process
is
in
real
time.
It's
very
public
again
encourage
you
to
go
and
learn
more
about
it.
B
The
cobin19.ca.gov
website
look
forward
keeping
you
updated
in
real
time
and
look
forward
to
being
back
more
formally
on
monday,
updating
you
comprehensively
as
it
relates
to
the
status
of
this
pandemic
and
our
efforts
to
mitigate
the
spread
and
ultimately
to
eliminate
this
virus.
Take
care.
Everybody.