Shasta County remains in the Purple Tier. GREAT NEWS! Improving case numbers have moved Shasta County into the red tier. Restaurants, movie theaters and museums can now open indoors at 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is lower. Gyms can open at 10% capacity. Retail shops can be open at 50% capacity (an increase from 25%).In addition, because Shasta County's case rate improved to 10 per 100,000, outdoor high- or moderate-contact youth or adult recreational sports are now allowed with modifications, in addition to the low-contact outdoor sports that were already allowed.
The adjusted case rate in the county is now 10 per 100,000 residents. The positivity rate is 3.3 %. These numbers are a seven-day average with a seven-day lag.
As of February 23 there have been 10,950 cases in Shasta County total. There are 21 hospitalized, with 3 in ICU. There have been 154,769 tests performed in Shasta County total. The ICU capacity in the Northern Region is 33.6%
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