The state of California update county tier levels every Tuesday, and San Mateo and Marin counties could move from the purple to the red tier today, as case numbers in these jurisdictions have dropped dramatically. This would allow new activities and business sectors to open, including indoor dining at 25% capacity, according to multiple news reports.
(SFGATE reached out to both counties about their status and didn't hear back before publishing this article. The state typically updates its county tier map at 11 a.m. every Tuesday.)
Last Tuesday, only one California county, Plumas, moved from the purple to red tier, but Gov. Gavin Newsom said he expected a substantial number to make a jump to less-stringent tiers this week and in the weeks beyond if cases continue to plummet as they have in recent weeks.
"We’ll see counties move, not just from purple to red, but more and more red to orange, and I anticipate based on the number that are already in orange, you’ll see many more in that yellow tier as well, which is the most permissive of the tiers we put out 24 weeks ago in our blueprint for a safer reopening," Newsom said.
San Francisco has also seen a significant decline in cases, but the S.F. COVID Command Center said in a statement the earliest the city could advance to red is March 2.
"Currently San Francisco is in the Purple Tier on the State's Blueprint for a Safer Economy," the Command Center said in a statement. "We have to qualify for the Red Tier for two consecutive weeks before moving into that tier."
If the city qualifies for the red tier today, it couldn’t advance into the tier until qualifying again next Tuesday.
California's reopening plan is dictated by four color-coded tiers. Each county is assigned to a tier based on its test positivity, adjusted case rate and an equity metric.
State of CaliforniaIt has been nearly a month since Newsom lifted the regional stay-at-home order, allowing Bay Area counties to reopen several business sectors including outdoor dining and some indoor personal services such as haircuts.
When the order ended Jan. 25, all nine counties in the region moved into the purple tier in the governor's color-coded reopening framework — and they have remained in this most-strict zone ever since.
The state's 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. The structure allows counties to be more restrictive and move more slowly than the state in reopening, if they wish.
A county's tier assignment is based on three metrics: the adjusted case rate (number of new cases per 100,000 residents, adjusted based on testing volume); the positivity rate (percentage of people who test positive for the virus of all individuals who are tested); and a health equity metric.
Counties in the purple category are reporting more than seven new daily cases per 100,000 residents and have positivity rates above 8%. For a county to move into the red tier, it must report an average of four to seven daily cases per 100,000 residents and a test positivity of 5% to 8% for 14 consecutive days. The orange tier requires one to 3.9 cases per 100,000 and a test positivity of 2% to 4.9%, and the yellow less than one case per 100,000 and lower than 2% positivity.
When a county jumps from the purple to the red tier, it can opt to increase retail capacity and allow several sectors to open indoors with modifications and capacity limits including museums, zoos, aquariums, gyms, movie theaters, restaurants and places of worship.
While elementary schools can operate with in-person learning in the purple tier, high schools and middle schools can also open in the red.
February 24, 2021 at 01:27AM
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/red-tier-San-Mateo-Marin-San-Francisco-15972720.php
2 Bay Area counties could move to red tier on Tuesday - SF Gate
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