State health officials announced Tuesday that Marin county had moved from the most restrictive, or purple, tier to the less-restrictive red category of California’s color-coded reopening system, which assesses the level of COVID-19 risk in each county.
The state bases a county’s reopening status on the number of new coronavirus cases and on its test positivity rate.
The upgrade will allow retail stores and other businesses to operate with more customers, while indoor movie theaters, museums and gyms can reopen with reduced capacity. See Marin’s reopening schedule here.
âWeâve made a lot of progress, and this gives us more choices as residents,â said Marin County Public Health Officer Dr. Matt Willis, in a statement. âBut more freedom also brings more risk. Our challenge is to move forward without increasing transmission. Weâre at a critical juncture.â
The state on Tuesday also moved Inyo and Tehama counties from purple to red.
â Peter Arcuni (@peterarcuni)
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