Tuolumne County To Move To The Red Tier Sunday

California County Risk Levels map 3-12-21

Sonora, CA – Current restrictions on some businesses in Tuolumne County will be eased this Sunday (3/14).

State public health officials released updated guidelines for its Blueprint for a Safer Economy “to allow for additional safe and sustainable reopening activities in the state.” The purple most restrictive tier for reopening business will shift from 7 cases per 100,000 in population to greater than 10 and the red is now 4 to 10. Tuolumne County now meets that threshold with 7.9% and will move to the red tier. It allows for restaurants to open indoor dining to 25% capacity and instead of just takeout and outdoor dining. Also, all retail can open indoors with 50% capacity and gyms at 10%. Click here for a chart of the updated blueprint.

The switch was made since California has met the first vaccine equity goal of at least 2 million doses administered in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods/areas of the state, as earlier reported here. The exact number to be posted by the state later today is 2, 016,539.

A total of thirteen counties will move with Tuolumne to the red tier they include: Amador, Colusa, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Mono, Orange, Placer, San Benito, San Bernardino, Siskiyou, and Sonoma, click here for map. On Tuesday, Calaveras County moved to the red tier and Alpine to the least restrictive yellow tier, as reported here.

Additionally, Governor Gavin Newsom also announced today that a fifth or “green tier” will be added to the blueprint.  Counties will be allowed to enter that tier once there is little to no risk of transmission of COVID-19, click here for details.