State health officials announced Tuesday that Marin County had moved from the most restrictive, or purple, tier to the less-restrictive red category of California’s color-coded reopening system, which assesses the level of COVID-19 risk in each county.
The state bases a county’s reopening status on the number of new coronavirus cases and on its test positivity rate.
The upgrade will allow retail stores and other businesses now open to operate with more customers, while indoor movie theaters, museums and gyms can restart with limited capacity. See Marin’s reopening schedule here.
“We’ve made a lot of progress, and this gives us more choices as residents,” said Marin County Public Health Officer Dr. Matt Willis, in a statement. “But more freedom also brings more risk. Our challenge is to move forward without increasing transmission. We’re at a critical juncture.”
The state on Tuesday also moved Inyo and Tehama counties from purple to red.
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