June 29 coronavirus news

Gov. Doug Ducey announced an executive order beginning at 11 p.m. ET today that closes bars, gyms, movie theaters, water parks and tubing for at least 30 days.

Ducey said the eventual reopening of affected facilities will require businesses to follow public health regulations and post them for the public to see. Restaurants will be allowed to remain open with physical distancing guidelines in place. 

The governor is also limiting indoor and outdoor mass gatherings. Events of more than 50 people are now prohibited. Groups of more than 10 people will be prohibited from gathering at outdoor pools, including those at apartment complexes and private facilities.  

The number of cases in the state is now nearing 75,000. The largest increase is from those between the ages of 20 and 44 who now make up 22% of hospitalizations in Arizona. 

Ducey painted a bleak picture saying, “our expectation is that next week, our numbers will be worse. It will take several weeks for the mitigations we are putting in place to take effect.”

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All bars, wineries and breweries in San Diego County are ordered to temporarily close beginning July 1, county health officials announced Monday. 

This comes as several California counties are dialing back plans to reopen some businesses after observing a decrease in compliance with social distancing guidelines and an increase in hospitalizations. 

"We will take action to close bars wineries and breweries that do not serve food beginning midnight Wednesday morning," Public Health Officer Wilma Wooten said Monday. "Now more than ever, it is vital that we all take precaution to guide our personal, as well as our collective health."

Bars represent 27% of all of San Diego County's active community setting outbreaks, Wooten added. San Diego currently has 65 active outbreaks, the county's data shows.

Over the weekend, California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered bars to close in seven of the state's counties but San Diego was not on that list. 

"San Diego County was not included in the action taken by the state but we believe it is appropriate," Fletcher said. "We believe it is wise for us to take this action now given the increases we've seen in cases and percentage of positive cases and outbreaks."

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak paused the state's reopening, saying it will remain in phase two during the Covid-19 pandemic.  

Sisolak’s office issued a statement Monday saying the governor “will sign an emergency directive extending the length of Phase 2 through the end of July, due to the trends in COVID-19 infection rates, the time needed for expanded contact tracing to identify trends, and to see the impacts of the Governor’s new face covering directive.”  

The statement from his office said if statewide trends do not improve or get worse, Sisolak "will not hesitate to take any action necessary to protect the public and prevent exceeding our hospital capacity, including reinstituting previous restrictions."

Houston's Covid-19 positivity rate has gone up 10% since April and May, Mayor Sylvester Turner said at a briefing today.

Turner said in April and May the positivity rate was 3%, and it is now 13%. 

Turner and public health officials said that doctors are seeing more cases among young people in their 20s, 30s and 40s. 

Dr. David Pearse with the Houston Health Department said that 15% of the patients in intensive care units right now are in their 20s and 30s. 

The city reported at least 1,317 new cases Sunday and Monday, Turner said. 

The city is averaging about 700 new cases a day, he said. 

More than 500 inmates at the Fresno County Jail have tested positive for Covid-19 in a coronavirus outbreak at the Central California facility, sheriff’s officials said Monday.

After testing nearly 1,200 inmates for Covid-19, 507 were positive and 472 were negative, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said. An additional 186 inmates were still awaiting results.

The number of infections reported Monday was a significant increase from Thursday, when the sheriff’s office reported a total of 108 inmates had tested positive.

Earlier this month, the approximately 1,200 inmates at the North Jail Annex were quarantined after 13 inmates who had transferred from the Fresno County jail to the Wasco State Prison tested positive for the coronavirus.

At the time, the sheriff’s office called the cases “the largest spike in cases we have seen associated with our jail."

The sheriff’s office said Monday that the 14-day quarantine period, which began on June 19, is now more than halfway over and there is still no movement within the North Jail.

“This only occurs if someone there tests positive,” it said. We then move them to another area where they quarantine with other positive inmates.”

The city of Miami Beach is now mandating the use of face masks to help prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Any person not wearing a facial covering is subject to a $50 civil fine, according to a statement from the city.

Effective at 11:59 p.m. Monday night, all establishments that are licensed to serve alcoholic beverages, must stop serving liquor on-site between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 6 a.m. each day.

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, President Cynthia Lee Sheng has signed an emergency declaration that will require all people to wear masks to curve the spread of Covid-19, starting on Wednesday. 

She said she is concerned about the asymptomatic spread of the coronavirus.

The mask ordinance will be enforced with a misdemeanor charge, including a $500 fine and possibly time in jail, according to Sheng.

The University Health Center at the University of Georgia says 143 members of the UGA community, including students and staff, have tested positive for Covid-19, according to a statement on their website.

The statement said that this includes people who tested at the University Health Center as well as those who were tested other places and reported results back to the university.  

CNN has reached out to the university for more information. 

Arizona Diamondbacks right-handed pitcher Mike Leake has decided not to play in the 2020 MLB season, according to a statement from his agent.

The statement from Leake's agent, Danny Horwits, said, "During this global pandemic, Mike and his family had many discussions about playing this season. They took countless factors into consideration, many of which are personal to him and his family. After thorough consideration, he has chosen to opt out of playing in 2020."

Horwits added it was not an easy decision for Leake.

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