New Cases
Message from Dr. Celia Sutton-Pado:
TWO NEW COVID-19 CASES AND TIER STATUS CHANGE
As of November 16, 2020, Sierra County Public Health has confirmed a fourteenth and fifteenth positive COVID-19 test result for residents of Sierra County. Both cases are related to quarantined household exposures and are contained. All close contacts have been identified. A close contact is defined by the CDC as someone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period starting from 2 days before illness onset (or, for asymptomatic patients, 2 days prior to specimen collection) until the time the patient is isolated.
If you believe you have been a close contact of somebody testing positive, stay home and monitor yourself for symptoms for 14 days since last contact. Consider being tested if symptoms develop. Options for testing are listed on the Sierra County Website, or call your health care provider.
Tier Status Change
Yesterday, the State made adjustments to the tier placement process. Instead of being placed in a more restrictive tier based on two consecutive weeks of data, counties will now be assessed based on one week of data. This change follows the statewide and national increase in COVID-19 cases.
Today, Sierra County was placed in the more restrictive Orange Tier. This movement into a more restrictive tier does change the status of business operations. Businesses in Sierra County have one day (November 17, 2020) to implement sector changes.
Below are a few of the impacted businesses; however, please visit the Blueprint for a Safer Economy site to see a complete list of industry specific changes.
Industry
Y ellow
Orange
Bars (where no meals provided)
Can open indoors with modifications; Max 50% capacity
Outdoors only with modifications
Churches/Places of Worship
Can open indoors with modifications: Max 50% capacity
Indoors with modifications: Max 50% capacity or 200 people, whichever is less
Restaurants (dine-in)
Can open indoors with modifications: Max 50% capacity
Indoors with modifications: Max 50% capacity or 200 people, whichever is less
Movement to a more restrictive tier does change how Sierra County operates; however, there is a lot we can do as a community to move back to a less restrictive tear (yellow tier).
- Get tested and continue to test. The more we test the less likely we are to move to a more restrictive tier.
- If you are around others who are not from your household, wear a face covering.
- Avoid gatherings. You can enjoy your holidays and activities safely, without gathering.
- Wear a face covering at all times when in businesses, at school, or unable to maintain 6 feet
distance. - If you feel sick or have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, stay home, except to receive
medical care.
For more information, please visit http://sierracounty.ca.gov/582/Coronavirus-COVID-19 or email
[email protected]
