- We see an increased spread of the virus. "Just realize that covid-19 will not go away any time soon, but that it will be a while before there is a vaccine or an effective medicine," Gavin Newsom told the Los Angeles Times.

Gym and churches are closed

Restaurants may continue to serve food outdoors and deliver takeaway food, but indoor activities will be stopped.

The governor also announced that the 30 worst-affected municipalities will also be allowed to close businesses such as gyms, churches, hair salons, shopping malls and non-essential offices, according to the New York Times.

- We return to a variant of our original stay at home order, says Gavin Newsom.

California was the first state in the United States to introduce a mandatory stay-at-home order in March.

The message means that the state is backing away from its attempts to reopen. California began reopening some businesses in May.

On Sunday, 8,358 new corona infections were reported in California. In total, nearly 330,000 people have been infected in the state and more than 7,000 people have died as a result of the virus.

Continued distance learning

Los Angeles and San Diego's school districts, which are the two largest school districts in California, announced on Monday that they plan to continue with distance education when the schools open in August. This is due to the many cases of coronavirus in the state, writes Reuters.

The school districts say in a statement that they will continue to work to be able to return to traditional classroom teaching during the academic year 2020-21.