⁍ California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday ordered all bars to close and multiple businesses to halt indoor operations statewide as COVID-19 cases continued to rise.

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⁍ The state also halted indoor services for restaurants, wineries, movie theaters, zoos, museums, and cardrooms.

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⁍ California had reported over 331,600 confirmed cases of the virus and over 7,000 deaths as of Monday.

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– California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday ordered all bars in the state to close as the number of cases of coronavirus, a respiratory illness related to the common cold, rose to more than 331,600 cases and more than 7,000 deaths, the AP reports. Previously, the state had rolled out county-level restrictions for certain parts of the state that were experiencing particularly bad outbreaks of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. But with both cases and deaths substantially increasing over the past few weeks, Newsom’s office took the step of ordering all bars to close both indoor and outdoor service. The state also halted indoor services for restaurants, wineries, movie theaters, zoos, museums, and cardrooms. Counties that are placed on a state ‘monitoring list’ must also close indoor operations at gyms and fitness centers, beauty salons, worship centers, malls, and most office spaces. In comments to reporters, Newsom said the virus ‘is not going away anytime soon’ and that the current outbreak in California proved warm weather does not help to stem the virus’ spread. He added that restrictions would have to remain in place ‘until there is a vaccine and/or an effective therapy.’