Placer County misses out on COVID tier change, reopenings. Will a state rule change help?
Sacramento Bee
3/10/2021
Michael McGough and Molly Sullivan, The Sacramento Bee
Mar. 9—Placer County did not move into California's red tier of coronavirus risk in Tuesday's update, as its metrics faltered this week after weeks of decline.
Placer met two of the three criteria for moving out of the tight purple tier, but fell short when its case rate began to climb back up, halting the county's move into a lower tier assignment.
The state's three requirements for counties to move from purple to red are: a test positivity rate below 8%, "health equity" positivity below 8% in disadvantaged neighborhoods and fewer than seven daily cases per 100,000 residents, all for two consecutive weeks.