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Protestors march in Palm Desert against closed businesses, stay-at-home order

Protestors marched down El Paseo in Palm Desert Wednesday afternoon against the new stay-at-home order and temporary closure of businesses like restaurants and salons. The order closes most non-essential businesses, limits restaurants to take-out & delivery only, and caps capacity at 20 percent inside retail stores. “It damages everything in California, said Paul Morgan. “Our

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CVEP announces ‘Million Mask Giveaway,’ providing free PPE to valley businesses in need

The Coachella Valley Economic Partnership (CVEP) announced it will be providing Coachella Valley small businesses with more than $1 million in personal protective equipment (PPE). The cost-free PPE will go to small businesses in need all throughout the Coachella Valley.  The program, called CVEP’s “Million Mask Giveaway,” is made possible by the California Governor’s Office

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County contact tracers identify potential business outbreaks and exposures

Millions of Californians are under a new regional stay-at-home order, including residents in Riverside County. Available ICU capacity in Southern California has now dropped to 10.9%. According to data released from Riverside County, there were 77 new coronavirus business outbreaks in November alone. The county defines an outbreak as 3 or more coronavirus cases in one

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Riverside County reaches 700 COVID-related hospitalizations; Over 4,000 new cases since Friday

Case Changes Riverside County reported 4,327 new cases since Friday. This brings the total number of cases to 92,272. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Stay-at-home Order in place in Southern California Region (Including Riverside County) The ICU bed availability % for the Southern California region fell below

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Statewide phone-based virus-exposure tracking system to be available across CA Thursday

Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced a statewide cell-phone-based system designed to notify residents when they’ve been exposed to COVID-19. The CA Notify system was originally developed at UC San Diego and UCSan Francisco, and it has been deployed on a trial basis on seven UC campuses, with an estimated 250,000 people opting in to participate,

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