California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered all bars, indoor restaurant operations and movie theaters to shut down immediately in most parts of the state as coronavirus cases continue to spike.

Newsom announced the revised stay-at-home order on Wednesday, nearly three weeks after California bars, stores, restaurants and salons reopened for the first time after a three-month lockdown. .

Since then, the number of COVID-19 cases have begun to rise again, increasing nearly 50 per cent over the last two weeks, with a 43 per cent spike in hospitalizations. .

The shutdown, which will last for at least three weeks, applies to 19 counties where nearly three-quarters of the state's roughly 40 million population lives - including Los Angeles County.

Governor Gavin Newsom announced the shutdown on Wednesday, days after imposing a statewide order requiring all residents to wear masks in most public places .

It also applies to other indoor business operations including museums, entertainment centers, movie theaters, zoos, and cardrooms.   ?

Newsom had closed bars in seven counties on Sunday but Wednesday's order extends across the state. .

It marks the latest coronavirus measure imposed in the California in recent weeks and follows Newsom's statewide order requiring all residents to wear masks or protective face coverings in most public areas. .

Newsom said the new business closure order applies to counties that have been on the state's monitoring list because of increasing coronavirus cases for three consecutive days: Contra Costa, Fresno, Glenn, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Merced, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Solano, Stanislaus, Tulare and Ventura

The order applies to 19 counties, where nearly three-quarters of the state's 40 million population lives, including Los Angeles County 

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