United States Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency after the state recorded its first death due to Covid-19.

The move will help boost California's resources to respond to the spread of the disease, Governor Newsom said at a press conference on March 4. However, he said the emergency declaration was not because of financial problems, but to help the government can make decisions and act quickly to deal with the epidemic.

The California governor further explained that declaring a state of emergency would loosen legislation, allow governments to prioritize local land use, increase the authority to share information and data in response to the spread. by nCoV.

It is the third US state to declare a state of emergency, after Washington and Florida. California has recorded more than 50 cases of nCoV, of which one died on March 4 in Placer County. Los Angeles County in California has declared a medical emergency after officials confirmed six new cases of nCoV in the locality.

Covid-19 has appeared throughout the United States, but mainly concentrated in the West Bank. The total number of nCoV infections in the United States is more than 150, of which 11 have died.

The outbreak, which began in Wuhan in December 2019, has now appeared in 84 countries and territories, leaving more than 95,000 people infected, including more than 3,200 deaths and nearly 54,000 people cured.