With COVID-19 cases rising in Siskiyou, could the county slip back to the red tier?
Mount Shasta Herald
If Siskiyou residents can t stop the COVID-19 case rate from rising, there is danger the state could place the county back in the more restrictive red reopening tier. Two weeks ago we were at two to five cases a day, now we are nine to 15 a day, Siskiyou County Public Health Director Shelly Davis told the board of supervisors Tuesday morning. It does concern me with what it will look like going forward, said Davis about a slide back to the red tier.
The clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. More than 1,000 doses are being made available, although slots are filling steadily since the clinic was announced Wednesday afternoon.
A total of 7,630 Siskiyou residents have received a two-dose vaccine, public health representative Jonathan Himbert told the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday morning, representing about 18% of the population. He said he s expecting a big surge after the April 15 clinic.
Siskiyou County moved to the less restrictive orange COVID-19 reopening tier on Wednesday, and active cases have dropped dramatically over the past month. As of Tuesday evening, the public health department reported just five active cases on its COVID-19 information dashboard, down from 41 on March 1. Siskiyou County reached its peak of active coronavirus cases in January, when it reached 114 on Jan. 8.