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Riverside County advances into state’s red reopening tier
Published on Mar 17, 2021 13:52
Red Tier is paving the way for more businesses to return
indoors
The California Department of
Public Health today moved Riverside County into the red tier of the state’s
reopening framework, allowing for more businesses to resume indoor operations.
The move is based on the county’s steadily declining coronavirus cases (6.1
case rate), percentage of positive tests (3.3%) and health equity metric
(3.7%).
Effective Wednesday (March
17), restaurants and movie theaters may return to indoor operations up to 25
percent capacity or 100 people (whichever is fewer). Museums, zoos and
aquariums may return indoors up to 25 percent capacity. Gyms and fitness
centers may return indoors up to 10 percent capacity. In addition, retail
stores and shopping malls may increase capacity to 50 percent.
“We’ve
waited a long time for more of our local businesses to increase operations or
return to serving more customers indoors. Many businesses were negatively
impacted beyond what we thought possible,” said Board Chair Karen Spiegel,
Second District Supervisor. “Today’s news about moving into the red tier is a
positive and hopeful sign of more great things to come. If we continue to work
together, we can keep this momentum going. We can reopen safely and continue to
see our numbers fall, if we all do our part to keep coronavirus at bay.”
Moving into the red tier also
allows intermediate and high schools to return to in-person instruction with
approved safety plans in place.
Riverside County will need to
remain in the red tier for a minimum of three weeks and meet the orange tier
metrics for two of those weeks before advancing further. Visit the state’s
blueprint website for more information at https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/.
To continue to slow the
spread of COVID-19 and advance into future reopening tiers, all residents are
urged to get tested and wear a mask. Visit GetTested.ruhealth.org
to make an appointment. Other
testing options can be found online at: https://covid19.ca.gov/get-tested/.
For more information on
business industry guidance to reopen safely, visit https://covid19.ca.gov/industry-guidance/.
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