• “California is better prepared, and that’s because we have a serious Legislature and the health ecosystem in California is second to none in the country,” Newsom told the Los Angeles Times.
• Newsom’s end comes just after California’s Department of Public Health reported that the state confirmed more than 100,000 deaths related to the virus.
• California currently ranks 11th as the country’s lowest COVID death rate per capita, according to the Times.

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