“Non-essential work and gatherings must stop from 10pm-5am in counties in the purple tier. This will take effect at 10pm on Saturday and remain for 1 month,” Newsom tweeted on Thursday.
“Together – we can flatten the curve again,” he added.
Forty-one California counties, home to about 94 percent of the state’s population, are currently in the purple zone, which indicates “widespread” risk from the virus.