Andrew Nixon / CapRadio University of Beer uses shower curtains to separate customers for COVID-19 June 12, 2020. Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a retooled process for loosening and tightening COVID-19 restrictions Friday. Labeled a “Blueprint for a Safer California,” the system puts California’s 58 counties into four tiers based on the number of new daily cases and the percentage of positive tests. “We’ve learned a lot the past few months,” Newsom said. “We’re looking now to a uniform framework.” The tiers are color-coded: California Department of Public Health Purple for Widespread (more than 7 daily new cases per 100,000; more than 8% positive tests; most non-essential indoor businesses closed) Red for Substantial (4-7 daily new cases per 100,000; 5-8% positive tests; some non-essential indoor businesses closed Orange for Moderate (1-3.9 daily new cases per 100,000; 2-4.9% positive tests; some business operations open with modifications) Yellow for Minimal (fewer than one daily new case per 100,000; less than 2% positive tests; most business operations open with modifications). “We don’t put up green because we don’t believe that there is a green light that says go back to the way things were, or back to a pre-pandemic mindset,” the governor said. […]
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