Tehama County is now on the state's COVID-19 watchlist.
Action News Now reporter Ana Torrea shares what this will mean for the county moving forward.
Tehama county is now on the state's watchlist.
So what does this mean for the county moving forward?
Action news now reporter ana torrea is live in red bluff, ana what led to the county being put on the state's radar.
Two things led to tehama county being placed on the state's watchlist: one being: the rate of the county's hospitalization.
The second being: is its elevated case rate.
But public health says: since friday: hosptilizations have gone down and that's no longer a factor.
But the county's current case rate stands at 116 per 100- thousand people.
And the reason for this uptick in cases?
Public health says: it's coming from social gatherings.
Through our contact investigations, we have discovered that the majority of our cases are g=coming from social gatherings where different households are getting together for extended periods of time.
Group camp trips, family partiers, youth team supports, and taking lunch breaks without physical distancing in order for tehama county to get off the watchlist: it must meet be below the state's threshold criteria for 3 days straight.
But even then: the county would still need to get guidance from the state to re-open.
And that's a process that won't just happen the next day reporting live in red bluff, ana torrea, action news now coverage you can count on.
Tehama county was placed on the state's watch list on sunday.##
Tehama County is now on the state's COVID-19 watchlist. Action News Now reporter Ana Torrea shares what this will mean for the..