State’s COVID-19 blueprint places most counties in restrictive purple tier; Lake remains in red tier
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake was among a handful of counties on Monday that avoided being placed by the state under tighter restrictions related to COVID-19.
The state on Monday reported its new rankings of the 58 counties in the Blueprint for a Safer Economy in response to spiking caseloads across the state.
The blueprint has four tiers:
– Yellow, or minimal; most indoor business operations are open with modifications.
– Orange, or moderate; some indoor business operations are open with modifications.
– Red, or substantial; some nonessential indoor business operations are closed.
– Purple, or widespread; many nonessential indoor business operations are closed.
Monday’s update of the rankings shows that 41 counties are now in the purple tier, the most restrictive.
Of those 41 counties, 29 were just moved into the purple tier from a lower tier. Twelves others – Imperial, Los Angeles, Madera, Monterey, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, Shasta, Sonoma, Tehama and Tulare – had been in the purple tier last week and remain so this week.
Lake County has been in the red tier for some time and in the latest rankings on Monday remained there, allowing businesses and activities to continue without more restrictions.
Other counties whose rankings remained unchanged in the lower tiers as of Monday are Alpine, yellow; Inyo, orange; Lassen, orange; and Mariposa, yellow.
Lake’s neighboring counties of Glenn, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma and Yolo are all in the purple tier now, while Colusa is in the red tier.
Lake County’s total cases reached 788 on Monday, with three currently hospitalized and 726 recovered. There are now 18 deaths reported, an increase of one since last week, Lake County Public Health reported.
The county’s adjusted case rate is 5.7, the fifth-lowest case rate statewide, based on California Department of Public Health numbers.
Statewide, 1,043,950 cases and 18,305 deaths had been reported by county Public Health departments as of Monday night.
The California Department of Public Health said Monday that the seven-day positivity rate is 5 percent and the 14-day positivity rate is 4.6 percent.
As of Monday, 21,068,894 tests had been conducted in California, which the California Department of Public Health said represented an increase of 202,109 over the prior 24-hour reporting period.
To date, 17,213 tests have been conducted in Lake County, according to the Public Health Department.
For more information about the tiers and restrictions, visit www.covid19.ca.gov.
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