The California Department of Public Health announced today that 2 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered to Californians in some of the most severely affected states, boosting immunity, where state and disease transmission rates are highest during the pandemic was. Following this benchmark, and because vaccines are slowing down the spread of disease and serious illness, the previously announced update of the Blueprint for a Safer Economy will take effect to offset the progress made with vaccine administration.
That update lowers the thresholds for movement through the states with color-coded reopening levels.
With these new thresholds, 13 provinces can move to a less restricted level, from purple (widespread) to red (substantial): Amador, Colusa, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Mono, Orange, Placer, San Benito, San Bernardino, Siskiyou, Sonoma and Tuolumne. Twenty-one provinces will remain in the purple (widespread) level, 33 in the red (substantial) level, three in the orange (moderate) level and one in the yellow (minimal) level. These changes take effect on Sunday, March 14th.
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These regions make up about 15 million of the state’s 40 million inhabitants, an insignificant amount.
The Red Level of the state’s reopening plan provides for movie theaters, museums, zoos, aquariums and indoor dining to reopen to 25% capacity. Theme parks and outdoor performances such as concerts and sporting events can welcome participants up to 15% of their capacity.
Effective Monday, March 15 at 12:01 p.m., additional sectors in LA County may be in line with the changes in the red level with public health measures. pic.twitter.com/Fmdp8SMzDF
– LA Public Health (@lapublichealth) 12 March 2021
Los Angeles County Health officials announced Friday that the changes to the local tiring will take effect Monday, instead of the Sunday the state announced. Check out here an outline of the theatrical chains that are reopening.
On Tuesday, the state expects Sacramento, San Diego and 11 additional counties (Kings, Lake, Monterey, Riverside, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Ventura and Yuba) to move from Purple to Red based on current data and projections. These level adjustments will be granted on Tuesday and will take effect on Wednesday. If those provinces join the countries announced in the red level today, it will put 25 million of the state’s 40 million inhabitants in the red level.
There is potential for additional provinces to move levels next week based on next year’s evaluation and assignment of the Blueprint level. Numbers are compiled and then adjusted based on a number of factors determined by the state. Going forward, the threshold for press levels is greater than 10 cases per 100,000 people.
“California is doubling its mission to keep equity a top priority as we continue to get COVID-19 doses in the arms of all Californians as safely and quickly as possible,” said Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of California’s health and human services. Agency. “Focusing on the individuals hardest hit by this pandemic is the right thing to do. It also ensures that we have the greatest impact on reducing transmission, protecting our healthcare system and saving lives.”
On March 4, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the state had set aside 40 percent of the vaccine doses for the hardest-hit communities and set measures to increase vaccinations in those communities. In doing so, it is acknowledged that the pandemic has not affected communities in California as much. Forty percent of COVID cases and deaths occurred in the lowest quartile of the Healthy Places Index, which provides overall scores and data that predict life expectancy and compare community conditions that shape health in the state.
“Although we have reached a milestone today, we still have a lot of work to do to ensure that we can put an end to this pandemic,” said Tomás Aragón, CDPH director and public health official. “We must all do our part by being vaccinated as soon as it is our turn and continuing to wear masks and exercise physical distance to keep our communities safe.”