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Starting Thursday, Napa County is on the way to closing restaurants, bars, wine-tasting rooms and other businesses again amid a sharp rise in coronavirus cases.
In a statement shortly before 5 p.m. Monday, the county announced the impending return of the restrictions, which would take effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Dining restaurants, indoor tasting rooms, movie theaters, museums, arcades, and indoor entertainment venues should be closed until at least July 30.
It would also be required to close breweries, breweries, pubs and bars, both for indoor and outdoor service. Restaurants and other companies would be allowed to maintain outdoor operations.
The announcement came hours after Napa County reported 60 new coronavirus infections over the July 4 weekend, its largest single increase, bringing the local total to 436. The previous highest number of new cases of COVID-19 was 40 on June 29.
On July 4, the rate of cases reported in the county during the previous two weeks reached 137.9 cases per 100,000 residents, according to the statement. That number puts Napa on the California watch list, which includes counties with more than 100 positive COVID-19 tests per 100,000 people. A county that exceeds that level for three consecutive days must impose a closure.
A July 1 order from Governor Gavin Newsom requires counties to remain on the watch list for three consecutive days to shut down various indoor business activities for a minimum of three weeks, and California may extend the restrictions based on monitoring of new cases.
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