Butte County Public Health says people should remain cautious about more than just Covid-19 during this fall season.
Breaking out of butte county -- the area dropped down to the orange tier for reopening..
The big changes here: bars, breweries and distilleries can open outdoors with modifications..
Offices can return to work.
Plus some businesses that are already open- can now increase capacity.
The county continuing to improve means more and more stores, restaurants and entertainment can reopen or expand their indoor operations.
But i spoke with butte county public health today about the improvement in the state system, they say people should remain cautious about more than just covid-19 come this fall season.
The big thing and some words of caution as we move into a less restrictive tier, we are moving into a higher risk time of year.
This week schools opened for in- person education.
Holiday celebrations are coming soon, and flu and covid are spreading in the community?
Today the county issued over 300 covid tests.
Almaguer told me the last two weeks there was a decrease in testing.
She says the state testing site optum serve showed this week, 90% of the state is testing at capacity this change in tiers is effective immediately for most businesses.
We're looking at 13 new cases out of butte county -- that's out of 332 total tests for the day.
The region has 3015 total cases... 51 deaths, 2 in the hospital and 53 people in isolation.
A popular bar in Chico is back open after being shut down for months because of the pandemic.
