California Hits New High In COVID-19 Hospitalizations
![California Gov. Gavin Newsom, here in Sacramento on Friday, has ordered face coverings be required in public spaces statewide.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/06/22/ap_20171757521457_wide-33c863d6d81f12ae94979bb15e01c8f4761041ad.jpg?s=600)
Officials attribute at least part of the rise to a decline in social distancing as people venture out into the world again. The majority of new cases are in Southern California and the Central Valley.
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