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California announces that it will require people to show proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test results in the previous 72 hours to attend any indoor “mega-events” with more than 1,000 people beginning from September 20, becoming the first U.S. state to enact these rules.
2021-08-18

California announces that the state will mandate COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare workers, becoming the first U.S. state to do so.
2021-07-26

California will require face masks in schools despite CDC guidelines saying that vaccinated students are not required to wear a mask.
2021-07-9

Florida surpasses two million cases of COVID-19, becoming the third U.S. state to do so after California and Texas.
2021-03-20

California reports its first case of a more contagious variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom in a patient from Southern California.
2020-12-30

California reports 52,281 new cases and 379 deaths in the past 24 hours, both a new single-day record for the state and nationwide since the beginning of the pandemic.
2020-12-17

Governor Gavin Newsom announces that he has pulled an "emergency brake", which means that starting the following day, California will implement more closures and stricter restrictions, which will cover 41 counties containing 94% of the state's population.
2020-11-16

California surpasses one million cases of COVID-19, becoming the second state after Texas to reach that milestone.
2020-11-12

The governors of five states: California, Ohio, Illinois, Washington and Massachusetts, order bars and restaurants to close in response to the pandemic.
2020-03-15

In California, San Francisco declares a public emergency. Santa Clara and San Diego counties have made similar declarations.
2020-02-26