Butte Countymoves into orange tier
OROVILLE » Butte County moved into the orange tier Tuesday, which means more indoor business operations can open with modifications, according to a news release from Butte County Public Health.
Tier 3, color- coded as orange under the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy monitoring system, allows for bars, breweries and distilleries to open outdoors with modifications; offices to open indoors with modifications, and still encourages telework; cardrooms and satellite wagering to open indoors with modification and maximum of 25 percent capacity, according to the release.
In addition, many businesses previously allowed to open indoors at reduced capacity may now continue to be open indoors with increased capacity in Tier 3, Public Health said. Concert venues, festivals, live theater, nightclubs, saunas and steam rooms and theme parks are still not allowed to open.
“Businesses should review the state’s COVID-19 industry guidance to ensure that all modifications and mitigation measures are in place to prevent the spread of the virus: covid19.ca.gov/industry-guidance,” the health department said in the release.
“The data requirements to qualify for Tier 3 include a case rate of 1-3.9 cases per 100,000 residents with a test positivity rate of 2- 4.9% or less and 2.2- 5.2%
health equity metric,” Public Health said in the release. “The current Butte County COVID-19 case rate is 3.5 cases per 100,000 residents with a 1.8% test positivity rate and a 1.4% health equity metric.”
The state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy can be found at tinyurl.com/CATierFramework.