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San Mateo County Could Not Transfer To Yellow Tier Till Mid-Could Due To Case Charges – CBS San Francisco

SAN MATEO COUNTY (BCN) – The least restrictive yellow tier of the state’s COVID-19 reopening framework remains out of reach for San Mateo County.

District officials said Wednesday that due to a slight increase in the district’s adjusted case rate, the district should not move to the yellow tier until mid-May at the earliest.

“We won’t be moving to the Yellow Tier next week, or probably soon,” said county manager Mike Callagy. “This is unfortunate as we were on the cusp before, but it just shows how this virus is doing.”

The state used data for the week ended April 17 to determine that week’s animal allocations.

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For that period, San Mateo County had an adjusted case rate of 2.5 cases per 100,000 and a positivity rate of 0.8 percent. The health equity quartile positivity rate – which represents the rate of positivity in the county’s most vulnerable communities – was 1.8 percent.

While the positivity rates meet the yellow tier criteria, the county’s adjusted case rate would need to drop below 2 per 100,000 and stay there for at least two weeks for the county to move to the yellow tier and enjoy looser COVID-19 restrictions.

Moving to the yellow tier could open bars indoors while gyms, cinemas, conferences and other businesses could increase their indoor capacity.

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