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Governor Newsom Announces California has Conducted Over 1 Million Diagnostic Tests for COVID-19 as Testing Capacity Ramps Up
State’s testing capacity has increased, with an average of more than 35,000 tests conducted daily Governor allows pharmacists to collect test specimens and order tests SACRAMENTO – As a result of California scaling up its COVID-19 testing capacity in recent...
DMV Expands Virtual Field Office
Customers can now take care of more essential transactions without an office visit Sacramento – The California Department of Motor Vehicles is expanding the DMV Virtual Field Office at virtual.dmv.ca.gov to create more digital options for transactions that previously...
State Officials Announce Latest COVID-19 Facts
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Public Health today announced the most recent statistics on COVID-19. California now has 67,939 confirmed cases and 2,770 deaths. Testing in California As testing capacity continues to increase across the...
Western States Pact Urges Federal Support for States and Cities Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic
Senate President Pro Tempore Atkins, Assembly Speaker Rendon, Assembly Minority Leader Waldron all join call for federal support SACRAMENTO -- In a letter to Congressional leadership today, governors and legislative leaders from five western states...
Cal OES Distributes More than 11 Million Surgical Masks to Front Line Workers
As part of the ongoing push by the state to protect a broad swath of Californians working on the front lines of the response to COVID-19, the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services on Friday distributed more than 11 million surgical masks. ...