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Santa Clara County, home of 49ers, Stanford and San Jose State, bans all contact sports for 3 weeks due to COVID-19

Where are the San Francisco 49ers, Stanford Cardinal and San Jose State going to play their home football games over the next few weeks?

California’s Santa Clara County announced stringent new social distancing measures to help curb the spread of COVID-19 on Saturday. Those new measures include a three-week ban on contact sports in the county. The county said that ban applies to all professional, collegiate and youth sports teams.

The 49ers, Stanford and San Jose State play their home games in Santa Clara County. COVID-19 cases are spiking across California and the county said the order was made as available hospital capacity continued to dwindle.