Parts of California’s economy, including some retail and hospitality businesses, may reopen for limited operations starting later this week as the state moves to the next stage of managing the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday.

Lower-risk businesses within the retail and hospitality sectors — such as clothing, florists, bookstores and sporting good stores — may reopen for curbside pickup as early as the end of this week, Newsom said. Restaurants for dine-in service, shopping malls and offices will remain closed.

“This is a very positive sign and it’s happening only for one reason — the data says it can happen,” Newsom said.

Newsom’s announcement came just days after thousands of residents across the state took to the streets to protest his order and some officials in more rural, Republican-leaning areas of the state areas moved to reopen their communities in defiance of the governor’s statewide stay-at-home order.

In the seven-county Bay Area, however, the region’s stricter order — which was just extended until the end of May — will still apply.

“Those that have stricter guidelines, we are not preempting their guidelines. We’ll still allow them to move forward,” Newsom said.

But at least one Bay Area public health official is leaving the door open for modifications to the regional mandates before its expiration on May 31.

“If we continue to have the public’s cooperation, I have great hope that the indicators we are monitoring will continue to improve and this order can be revised before May 31, 2020 in a manner that focuses more on behavior … and risk of disease transmission in contrast to categories of businesses,” San Mateo County Health Officer Scott Morrow said in a statement released Monday.

Before Newsom’s announcement at noon on Monday, three Northern California counties — Yuba, Sutter and Modoc — had already permitted many businesses to reopen in defiance of Newsom’s statewide stay-at-home order.