Sacramento, San Joaquin And Yolo Move Into Less Restrictive COVID-19 Risk Level, Limited Dining Indoors Allowed – CBS Sacramento
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Several more Northern California counties, including Sacramento, have now moved into the less restrictive “Red Tier” of coronavirus risk level.
Sacramento, San Joaquin and Yolo counties were downgraded from widespread to substantial coronavirus spread on Tuesday. The move allows for loosening of some restrictions on activities – like dining indoors.
Gyms and fitness centers, places of worship and shopping centers like malls can also now reopen as long as they strictly limit indoor capacity and enforce social distancing.
In a tweet, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg applauded the move.
“So happy to hear this good news for all of our small businesses and restaurants struggling to get through the #COVID19 pandemic,” Steinberg wrote. “Let’s all be vigilant about physical distancing, wearing masks and not hosting gatherings in our homes so that we don’t have to reverse course.”
Visit the @SacCountyCA website to find out what businesses and activities are allowed to reopen now that we’ve moved into the red tier.https://t.co/iBDL6djMC3
— @mayor_Steinberg (@Mayor_Steinberg) September 29, 2020
In order to meet the criteria for Red Tier status, Sacramento County had daily case rate of just 6.6 per 100,000 people as well as a positivity rate of 4.6 percent for two consecutive weeks.
Despite some indoor operations resuming, some other sectors will have to remain offering only outdoor activities in the Red Tier. These include family entertainment centers, cardamoms, wineries and bars.
“While progressing into the Red Tier marks significant progress, complacency remains our common enemy and we must continue to stay vigilant to protect the health of our friends, family and neighbors,” said First District Supervisor Phil Serna in a release.
For the moment, schools will still be required to continue distance learning. In order for K-12 schools to have the option for opening for in-person instruction, counties need to stay in the Red Tier for two weeks.
In order to fall even further down to the moderate Orange Tier, counties will have to have a coronavirus cases and positivity rate of 1-3.9 per 100,000 cases and 2-4.9 percent of positive tests.
The following businesses are allowed to open in the Red Tier:
- Gyms: open indoors at 10% capacity
- Restaurants: open indoors at 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer
- Places of worship: open indoors at 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer
- Movie theaters: open indoors at 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer
- Hair salons: open indoors with modifications
- Retail: open indoors at 50% capacity
- Malls: open indoors at 50% capacity and limited food courts
- Personal care services (nail salons, body waxing, etc.): open indoors with modifications
- Museums, zoos and aquariums: open indoors at 25% capacity
- Wineries: outdoor only
- Bars and breweries: closed
- Cardrooms: outdoor only
- Schools: can reopen for in-person instruction after two weeks out of the purple tier
