Assuming the state of California achieves the projected vaccination targets, Riverside County could reach the rate levels that will put us in the Red Tier as soon as Friday.
However, it is still unclear whether the state will change the measurement thresholds, and if so, how soon thereafter we will see restrictions lifted in Riverside County.
“This week, Riverside County qualifies to advance to the next level in the state’s reopening framework for the first time since late September. The accelerated progress is due to the low rate of positive testing in the counties’ most disadvantaged communities,” Brooke said. Federico said. Public Information Officer in Riverside County.
“The state requires that the given statistics be met for two weeks before the next reopening level is introduced,” Federico said. state raises the case rate threshold to 10 as expected later this week. ‘
“It is not yet known whether the governor’s expected change in the case rate threshold later this week will enable Riverside County to pull into the Red Tier earlier than Wednesday,” officials said in an online statement.
Governor Newsom plans to increase the benchmarks needed to change from Purple to Red Tier once the state is able to achieve its goal of administering 2 million COVID vaccine doses in low-income, hard-hit communities.
Newsom said the state is expected to reach the 2 million dose target by Friday. As of Wednesday, California has administered 1,926,968 doses in severely affected communities.
When the state reaches the milestone, the ‘Blueprint for a Safer Economy’ will be adjusted so that a country can move to the Red Tier if the average rate of daily new COVID-19 infections per 100,000 inhabitants is a lower standard than the current 7 per 100,000 inhabitants.
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This week, Riverside County qualifies for the first time since the end of September to the next level in the state reopening framework. The accelerated progress is due to the low percentage of positive tests in the province’s most disadvantaged communities.
The state requires that the specified criteria be met for two weeks before entering the next reopening level. Riverside County must continue to meet current statistics or lower to officially turn red on Wednesday (March 17).
It is not yet known whether the governor’s expected change to the rate hike later this week will enable Riverside County to move into the red level earlier than Wednesday.
Once the province is in the red level, more businesses can resume indoor operations, including restaurants, cinemas, museums, zoos, aquariums and gyms with specific capacity constraints.
This week, the province’s overall positivity rate is 4.1 percent, and the health care positivity rate is 4.2 percent. The adjusted number of new cases per 100,000 is 8.3.Riverside University Health System – Public Health
From 9 MarchRiverside County has an adjusted rate of 8.3, meaning the county now qualifies for the Red Tier. What is still unclear is whether the country should be on the newer benchmark for as long as two weeks before the restrictions are released. This is the difference between opening more businesses by the weekend or next Wednesday.
Riverside County officials are hoping to get more clarity on this in the coming days.
“And if you move through the weekend and next week, you’ll see more activity, the levels relax more,” Newsom said during a visit to a mobile vaccination clinic in South Gate.
“Once the province has moved into the red level, more businesses can resume indoor operations, including restaurants, cinemas, museums, zoos, aquariums and gyms with specific capacity constraints.” Federico continued in a statement to News Channel 3: “This week, the province’s overall positivity rate is 4.1 percent and the health rate positivity rate is 4.2 percent. The adjusted number of new cases per 100,000 is 8.3.”
Los Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer said earlier
this week it will take 48 hours after the state announced that the vaccination threshold has been reached for the province to officially move to the “red” level.
If the goal is reached by Friday, as Newsom announced, LA County will progress by Sunday.
Once the province moves into the Red Tier, it is up to the county officials to decide whether to fully comply with the reopening guidelines or to enforce stricter regulations.
Federico confirms to News Channel 3 that Riverside County will stay in line with state guidelines and not enforce stricter regulations than the state requires.
What changes from purple to red?
- Restaurants indoors (maximum 25% capacity or 100 people, depending on the least)
- All stores are (maximum 50% capacity)
- Indoor shopping centers (maximum 50% capacity, closed common areas)
- Museums, zoos and aquariums indoors (maximum 25% capacity)
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- Places of worship indoors (maximum 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is less)
- Indoor cinemas (maximum 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is less)
- Gymnasiums and fitness centers indoors (maximum 10% capacity)
The move to the red level also means that when spectator sports and live events can resume on April 1, the events in Riverside County will have a maximum capacity of 20%, compared to a limit of 100 as in the press level.
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Editor’s note: an earlier version of this story noted that some restrictions could be lifted ‘as soon as 48 hours after’ the 2 million milestone for vaccine was reached. Provincial officials confirm they are awaiting state clarity on how soon we can see changes in Riverside County once the vaccine target is reached, easing the threshold for moving between levels.