Santa Clara County on Saturday released new COVID-19 restrictions in light of its growing caseload, including temporary bans on all high school, collegiate and professional contact sports, mandatory quarantine for those traveling more than 150 miles, and new capabilities. Limits for indoor industries.
California is still experiencing its worst COVID-19 growth and in the hours of similar rollbacks in San Francisco and San Mateo counties, which have been put in the state’s most restricted “purple” level starting Saturday, some new restrictions have arrived.
Santa Clara County’s new restrictions will include a temporary ban on all sports activities that involve contact with others, including a 14-day quarantine as well as professional sports such as San Francisco, for all those traveling within the county and beyond 150 miles. 49ers football team. Cardrooms must be temporarily closed, while hotels and other facilities must be for essential travel only or for isolation or quarantine convenience.
Health Officer Fischer Dr. “I know none of us want to hear this, or this situation doesn’t want to be in any of us, but we’re here,” said Sarah Cody, the health officer. Said Sarah Cody.
Stores must be limited to 10% capacity, excluding grocery stores, drug stores and pharmacies, which can operate at 25% capacity. Health care workers – or patients – will be exempt from isolating offspring traveling in the county to provide care.
The new directives will take effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday and run for at least December 21, for a period of three weeks, although they can be extended again.
It is not yet fully clear how the new restrictions will affect the county’s vast network of high school, college leagues and professional sports. The executive summary of the order refers to “all recreational activities that include physical contact or close contact with out-of-home persons, including all contact sports,” but does not specify whether any sports will be exempt from the temporary ban.
County Councilor James Williams confirmed that for those teams, for those teams, they will not be able to play games or practice where they have direct contact. He declined to comment on what effect it would have on “other companies”.
Meanwhile in San Francisco and San Mateo counties, indoor worship and movie theaters, indoor gyms and museums, aquariums and zoos must begin indoor operations on Sunday afternoon. Capacity in retail must be limited to 25%, while restaurants can work outside. In the meantime, a curfew will be imposed starting Monday night, banning non-essential travel between 10pm and 5am.
There has been a dramatic increase in coronavirus cases across the state in the last few weeks, including in two areas. The seven-day average case count in California was 13,092 as of Friday, November. An increase of about 77% from 13 – even without updating the case by some counties during the holiday week. The state’s positivity rate is around 2.2%, which is double its %% rate at the end of October.
Santa Clara is at the forefront of the region in terms of overall cases, with more than 32,000 reported since the epidemic began and 531 infections reported on Friday. The county’s average weekly cases hit an all-time high on Friday, marking the third day in a row that the average has recorded a weekly average of 30 cases in its previous 360 gusts.
In San Mateo, the number of cases has risen by about 85% in the past month, officials said, with about 102 new daily infections on a seven-day average, compared to 88 in mid-November.
“We haven’t seen a number like this in a while and we really need to reverse this incredibly troublesome trend,” San Mateo County manager Mike Kellegi said in a statement announcing the county’s move at the purple level. “The important thing to remember is that as long as we follow common sense health and safety practices we can counteract the trend.”
More than 0% of California’s population – one of the 58 counties in the state’s purple reopening area. Los Angeles County issued its stay-at-home order Friday night.
