California Orders Bars in Los Angeles, 6 Other Counties to Close

People eat outside of LENA Winebar as restaurants are permitted to offer al fresco dining as part of phase 2 reopening during COVID-19 outbreak in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, N.Y., on June 27, 2020. Andrew Kelly/Reuters

California on Sunday ordered some bars to close as the state and a dozen others face the worst surge in CCP virus cases since the start of the pandemic.

Governor Gavin Newsom’s order for bars to close in seven counties, including Los Angeles, is the first major rollback of efforts to reopen the economy in the most populous U.S. state. On Friday, Texas and Florida ordered all bars to close.