Outdoor Dining and Indoor Haircuts Return to California
With COVID infections plummeting, Gov. Gavin Newsom surprisingly lifted California s regional stay home order that had imposed the nation s strictest personal and business restrictions during the most deadly phase of the pandemic. January 27, 2021, 10am PST | Irvin Dawid Share
Even with much of the state facing oncoming storms for the week, Tuesday was a brighter day for most Californians, who can now or soon access more services and also for the businesses and their workers who will accommodate hungry diners (if protected from the rain) and residents in need of haircuts and manicures.
Officials with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today ended the Regional Stay at Home Order, lifting the order for all regions statewide, including Southern California. Four-week intensive care unit (ICU) capacity projections for the Southern California Region are above 15%, the threshold that allows regions to exit the order. The state’s press release may be found here.
This action allows all counties statewide to return to the rules and framework of the Blueprint for a Safer Economy and color-coded tiers that indicate which activities and businesses are open based on local case rates and test positivity. As a result, the County of Orange was moved was moved into the Purple Tier, the state’s most restrictive tier based on our current adjusted daily case rate and test positivity rate (seven day average with seven day lag.)Services and activities, such as outdoor dining and personal services, may resume immediately with required modifications.
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• Helped hospitals expand their capacity by opening 16 alternate-care sites for recovering COVID-19 patients.
• Implemented a statewide order to make it easier to transfer patients from overcrowded hospitals to those with more space and staff.
• Prioritized vaccines to health care workers so that fewer workers fall ill to the virus to keep staffing levels more stable.
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SACRAMENTO – Officials with the California Department of Public Health on Monday ordered the Regional Stay at Home Order lifted for all regions statewide, including the three regions that had still been under the order – San Joaquin Valley, Bay Area, and Southern California.
Four-week ICU capacity projections for these three regions are now above 15%, the threshold that allows regions to exit the order. The Sacramento Region exited the order on January 12 and the Northern California region never entered the order.
This action allows all counties statewide to return to the rules and framework of the Blueprint for a Safer Economy and color-coded tiers that indicate which activities and businesses are open based on local case rates and test positivity. The majority of the counties are in the strictest or purple tier. Tier updates are provided weekly on Tuesdays. Individual counties could choose to impose stricter rules.