Coronavirus cases in San Francisco and the Bay Area are down from the heights of the “surge on top of a surge” that Gov. Gavin Newsom warned of in early January following the holiday season.
But based on current case rates, San Francisco is still a ways off from exiting the most restrictive purple tier in California’s reopening system — as are the rest of the Bay Area counties.
The tier assignments set by California determine what can reopen in a county, and are a key component of a tentative deal reached Sunday between the San Francisco Unified School District and employee unions to safely reopen the city’s public schools. The agreement allows a return to classrooms when San Francisco enters the next-less-restrictive red tier, if coronavirus vaccinations are made available to on-site school staff. If the city enters the moderate orange tier, vaccinations would not be required.
San Francisco’s adjusted seven-day average of positive cases for the week ending Feb. 9 was 11.4, according to state figures. That’s down from the previous week in which the rate was 12.5 new daily cases per 100,000 residents, and a significant decline from the week ending Jan. 12, when the rate was 19.8 new daily cases per 100,000 residents.
To enter the red tier, the county must have an adjusted seven-day average of positive cases in the range of 4-7 per 100,000 residents. To enter the orange tier, the average must be in the 1-4 range.
The state considers two other factors in tier assignments: positive test rate and a health equity metric keyed to the positive test rate in disadvantaged communities. To advance to a less-restrictive tier, a county must have been in its current tier for a minimum of three weeks, and must meet the criteria for the next-less-restrictive tier for both adjusted case rate and positive test rate for the prior two consecutive weeks.
San Francisco’s case rate is the lowest of all nine Bay Area counties. At the other end of the scale is Solano County, with an adjusted case rate of 26.9.
Most California counties reentered the tier system on Jan. 25, when Newsom lifted the remaining regional lockdowns based on intensive care unit availability, and most remain in the strictest purple tier along with the Bay Area.
Jessica Flores is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: jessica.flores@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @jesssmflores
February 09, 2021 at 10:59PM
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