Pedestrians wear masks to protect themselves from the COVID-19 coronavirus in San Francisco's Chinatown neighborhood in San Francisco, Calif. on July 28, 2020.
California Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. Mark Ghaly announced Tuesday three counties — Marin, Tehama and Inyo — have moved from the purple tier to the less restrictive red tier in the state's new reopening structure, allowing more businesses and schools to reopen.
For a county to move into the red tier, it must report fewer than seven daily cases per 100,000 residents and a test positivity under 8% for 14 consecutive days.
Ghaly gave an update on how counties are faring in the third week of the state's new reopening structure and applauded counties for improving their numbers. "We’re happy to see the fruits of our labor," he said. "Counties do move."
The state's color-coded system sorts counties into four tiers — "purple" (widespread), "red" (substantial) "orange" (moderate) or "yellow" (minimal) — that measure the spread of COVID-19 and dictate what types of businesses and activities are allowed to open.
Each county will be assigned its tier every Tuesday, and a county must remain in a tier for 21 consecutive days before moving to the next one. To move forward, a county must meet the next tier's criteria for 14 consecutive days.
On each day of assessment, the case counts are calculated by taking a seven-day average of daily cases per capita lagged an additional seven days to account for reporting delays.
A county can move backward by failing to meet the criteria for two consecutive weeks, or if state officials see a rapid rise in hospitalizations.
When the new plan went into effect on Aug. 31, there were 38 counties in the purple tier, nine in red, nine in orange and two in yellow. Now, there are 30 counties in purple, 17 in red, nine in orange and two in yellow. In the nine-county Bay Area, San Francisco, Marin, Napa, and now Santa Clara are red. All others are purple. (See a map showing the status of all counties at covid19.ca.gov.)
Early reports indicated Marin County was set to move from purple to red status last week, but Marin health officials announced Sept. 8 the state reversed its decision.
“We want to move carefully and base our decisions on local data,” said Dr. Matt Willis, the County’s Health Officer. “We’re well prepared to move forward, but ultimately this is the state’s decision. In the new framework the state has a lot more control about what moves and what doesn’t.”
As of 12:45 p.m., Marin County had yet to release a statement on how it will proceed under with its official move from purple to red on Tuesday, under the state public health order the county can open several sectors, including indoor personal care services, museums at 25% capacity, indoor gyms with 10% capacity, restaurants with indoor operations at 25% capacity (see the full list).
Newsom's plan allows counties to be more restrictive than the state, and some counties such as San Francisco have opted to reopen businesses on a slower timeline than the state's.
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Amy Graff is the news editor for SFGATE. Email her: agraff@sfgate.com.
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