COVID-19 is spreading slower in Contra Costa than during a post-holiday peak a few weeks ago, allowing some business and community activities to resume in the county for the first time since November.
The average daily number of new cases in Contra Costa has fallen enough that California today moved the county from the purple tier to the red tier, effective Sunday, March 14.
“It is encouraging to see our data moving in the right direction, and it’s a testament to the hard work Contra Costa residents have put in to slow the spread of COVID-19,” said Dr. Chris Farnitano, Contra Costa County’s health officer. “But it is important that we make healthy choices to keep up our momentum. This pandemic is not over yet.”
More groups of Californians will become eligible for vaccine on Monday, March 15, including public transit workers, people in congregate living situations and people who have health conditions that put them at high risk of serious illness from a COVID-19 infection. Visit covid19.ca.gov for more information.
In early January, nearly 50 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population were identified every day in Contra Costa, during the worst part of the most recent surge. On Friday, the county’s adjusted per-capita case rate was 6.7, qualifying for reduced state health order restrictions, including:
- Restaurants, gyms, dance studios and museums may resume indoor operation, following state health guidelines.
- Indoor retail stores and shopping malls may increase their maximum occupancy and grocery stores may operate at full capacity.
- Small private gatherings may be held indoors, following state health guidance.
- Colleges and other higher education institutions may reopen indoor lectures, following state health guidance.
- Elementary and secondary schools can reopen for in-person learning without submitting a safety plan to Contra Costa Health Services.
Wasn’t the rate at 8.3 yesterday? Isn’t it a seven day average that is made official each Tuesday? Anyway at all, it is still great news!
I red somewhere that the change the case rate number from 7 to 10 to go to the red teir which means it’s been 2 weeks
John Muir has zero COVID cases in the hospital!
Not true concord and Walnut Creek campus have cases.
MDEA you are out of excuses now.
Teacher’s, get off this rudderless ghost ship. .
The kids are begging you teachers to make the right decision.
MDEA has no business being associated with any aspect our kids education ever again.
Mahalo.
MDEA is literally all of the MDUSD, and the MDUSD teachers are literally MDEA. There is no separation. The leadership of MDEA is of our teachers. If you like your teacher, you like MDEA.
Teachers biggest concerning about returning at the present time is how they will teach their students who will be roughly half in distance and half in hybrid. That is a reasonable concern.
SB- that is not true at all. Teachers now do not have to join that horrid union. Also, MDEA certainly does NOT represent ALL teachers. Plenty have withdrawn their membership and do not support this child abuse.
huh? just like President Trump predicted
#Trump2024
No, Trump predicted that restrictions would go away right after the election in November. Here’s his exact quote: “By the way, on November 4, you won’t hear about it anymore.”
All that’s happening is we are moving one tier towards reopening more things. Covid hasn’t disappeared. We still have months to go before everyone is vaccinated and we can go back to normal.
Trump was wrong, and you are wrong.
Lmao 😂 apparently you can say the virus is fake and predict the future of the virus that apparently per trump is nonexistent. Well which is it?! You can’t make this stuff up lol 🚬🚬 so how is trump 2024 happening? His followers claim he is still the president?! Oh well, some folks will always remain delusional. Btw 2024, trump will be in prison!
I REALLY hope trump runs again
Anyone with that much face make up qualifies under the definition of being a clown. And anyone who seriously follows a clown as their leader is mentally challenged. Definite low IQ
@Natalie,
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Mike, Natalie, and Schmee,
Why can’t you acknowledge the Trump administration’s role in the production of (2) vaccines in record time? A true miracle. Give the old lies and talking points a break for a bit and try to be objective. Relax. Trump is not president anymore.
Mike, please cite the date and time that President Trump said the virus is fake. I’ll wait here for your response, but you know as well as I do that you’re lying.
Now that the Orange man is out and freedoms have been put in the back seat you can have lunch in side the McDonalds. But don’t forget to put your mask on in between bites 🙄
Got it covered.
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@Original G 🤣🤣🤣🤦♀️🤦♀️
What about movie theaters and Bowling Alleys? If they are in the PInk tier, then in two weeks we can again bowl 3/28/21.
Moving between tiers was supposed to only happen on Tuesdays, but now CCC can move to red tier as of Sunday? It’s amazing what 2 million recall signatures do to a governor’s policy.
Well now we know he knows how to count to two million.
Waiting for a bombshell like what hit the New York governor.
Biden is a magician! He made COVID go away!
Unfortunately Bill, there is a dishearteningly large percentage of dumba**es that sincerely believe that. Including Joe “it’s different when we do it” Biden.
or my favorite
joe “unity as long as you agree with us or you’ll be sent to jail for insurrection” biden
#JoesUnityOrJail
I believe all these color-coded ratings and State Health guidelines are complete and utter nonsense.
I have believed this since this idiocy began a year ago.
I’m not saying the China virus wasn’t a horrible concoction.
I am saying far lesser overt restrictions to freedom would have resulted in an identical outcome.
As I said a year ago, once politicians get the control they never relinquish the power to rule over the people.
We clearly see that today.
Small private gatherings may be held indoors, following state health guidance.
The people elected to office will never cease to completely rule every aspect of American’s lives.
We have given our country away to power-hungry crooks under the gise of a health care crisis.
100% correct. Just like that stupid color code at the airports after 9-11. Who are these morons that come up with this garbage?
Oh my God! Its a miracle! Give it up for Donald “Nostradamus” Trump!
To everyone that supported the draconian response to Covid; You got played! Yes, to gain more power the Machiavellian Democrat party leadership used the China virus to steal an election, destroy our economy, harm our children, silence dissent, squash our rights, and loot $1.9 trillion from the treasury. Now that they got what they want, we plebeians can go back to work. Isn’t that swell.
The great usurper will try and take credit, but we all now that President Trump ended this “pandemic.”
It’s a Newsom miracle! So please don’t recall him……….At this point he’s thrilled to have done as much damage to California as he has. He wished for a bit more, but hey, Rome wasn’t burned in a day……….
Before everyone gets all excited, let’s remember that Governor Gavin said that we won’t be going back to normal because Equity.
INDOOR COFFEE SHOP REOPENINGS?
does anyone know if coffee shops/study spots will reopen indoors as well? It seems they have never reopened at all.
We are seeing the “never let a crisis go to waste” strategy play out in real time. The Democrats are using Coronavirus to push forward the most radical leftist policies in history, as illustrated in the crippling spending bill just passed as “Covid relief”. Only nine percent of the 1.9 TRILLION spending is specific to Covid relief, and only one percent is specific to the vaccine.
It’s all too transparent, and anyone who doesn’t see it is willfully blind to it.