California imposes curfew to curb skyrocketing Covid-19 cases

A jogger runs through a shopping district in Santa Monica, California (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)

California is imposing an overnight curfew for nearly all residents as the state tries to head off a surge of coronavirus cases that threatens to overwhelm its health care system.

What officials are calling a limited stay-at-home order requires people who are not on essential errands to stay home from 10pm to 5am starting on Saturday.