Thanks to our progress in the fight against COVID-19, indoor restaurants, gyms, movie theaters, massage parlors and places of worship may now open in Contra Costa with restrictions.

These changes are possible because the county's rates of COVID-19 and other virus metrics are improving, moving us down from the strictest purple tier to the less-restrictive red tier, in the state's four-tier color-coded reopening blueprint. 

The blueprint, which applies to counties, links reopening to virus data. 

• Places of worship, restaurants, movie theaters and museums can be operated indoors at 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is less.
• Gyms can reopen indoors at 10% capacity.
• All personal care services, including massage, can move indoors
• Indoor shopping malls can operate at 50% maximum occupancy (instead of 25%). Food courts can also open following the state's guidelines for restaurants.
• Indoor retail stores can now operate at 50% capacity (instead of 25%).
• Outdoor playgrounds can now reopen with some restrictions.
• While libraries can operate indoors at 50% maximum occupancy, County libraries are choosing only to offer front-door service for the rest of 2020.
• Higher education institutions can resume indoor lectures and student gatherings at 25% occupancy or 100 people, whichever is less. Some courses conducted in certain indoor settings, like labs and studio arts, may be open at regular capacity. Institutions should conduct student activities virtually when possible.

Thanks for your efforts,