California Governor Eases County Reopening Criteria

The Sacramento Bee reports:

California is changing its criteria for counties that want to reopen faster than the rest of the state. Counties will have to demonstrate that their hospitalization rates are stable and their rate of positive cases are low. The new criteria represent a move away from the previous rules, which among other standards required that counties have no COVID-19 deaths for 14 days to reopen more quickly.

Now, counties that want to speed up their reopening can’t have more than a 5 percent increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations in the last seven days on average. For smaller counties where a single new hospitalized patient could cause a significant percentage jump, they will have to show that they had fewer than 20 COVID-19 patients hospitalized on any day in the past 14 days.

California Governor Gavin Newsom announces pro sporting events may ‘begin to move forward’ without fans starting the first week of June pic.twitter.com/CVheAIBnR2

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 18, 2020

BREAKING: Gov. Newsom has relaxed county reopening criteria on Monday, a move he says will allow most of the state’s 58 counties to begin allowing dining in restaurants and other services https://t.co/S8nRwZIwbE

— KTLA (@KTLA) May 18, 2020

Newsom also said:
-In-store shopping and hair salons could reopen
-Professional sports could begin in June without fans
-Churches could begin reopening within weeks https://t.co/S8nRwZIwbE

— KTLA (@KTLA) May 18, 2020

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced the loosening of tight stay-at-home orders and shutdowns, stating that 53 of the 58 state counties are eligible to move into phase two of reopening if they choose to. https://t.co/fH783WW9sl

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 18, 2020