Counties and other providers have successfully vaccinated 4
million Californians in the state’s most vulnerable quartile,
according to the Healthy Places Index. This
means that the required case rates for the red, orange, and
yellow tiers within the
Blueprint for a Safer Economy– which is still in effect at
least until June 15 – are updated to reflect ranges of 6-10,
2-5.9, and less than 2 cases per 100,000 respectively.
Sixteen counties move to a less restrictive tier tomorrow,
including Contra Costa, El Dorado, Humboldt, Imperial, Mendocino,
Monterey, Napa, Riverside, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego,
San Joaquin, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Tulare, and Ventura. For this
week, there are two counties in the purple tier, 22 in the red
tier, 32 in the orange tier, and two in the yellow tier.
A further addition to the Blueprint framework was also announced
today: an additional metric wherein more recent hospitalization
data will be considered before moving a county to a more
restrictive tier. According to the state, during the weekly tier
assessment, if a county’s adjusted case rate and/or test
positivity has fallen within a more restrictive tier for two
consecutive weeks, the state will review the county’s most recent
10 days of data – and now, also hospitalization data, to
determine if there are signs of improvement to indicate the
county can remain in the less restrictive tier. The statewide
median testing rate, currently at 333.45 tests per 100,000
residents, will continue to be measured and updated weekly.
