With the new year comes new COVID-19 data, which now shows ICU capacity in the Bay Area and Sacramento regions have both dropped.
The Bay Area's ICU capacity is 5.1% as of Jan. 2, down from a low of 6.3% reported Friday. The Sacramento region's ICU capacity is down to 6.9% from 11%.
The new data comes from the California Department of Public Health, which also said COVID-19 positivity rates continue to rise. On Friday, New Year's Day, the state confirmed 53,341 new cases.
The Bay Area remains under the state's mandatory shelter-in-place order, which is set when regional ICU bed capacity drops below 15%.
Once the state's mandatory order lifts, city officials will reassess "key health figures" to determine if businesses and activities will be reopened, they said previously. Those metrics include ICU bed availability, COVID-19 cases and other hospital capacity, city officials said.
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