California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced the loosening of tight stay-at-home orders and shutdowns, declaring that 53 of the 58 state counties are eligible to move into phase two of reopening if they choose to.
During his daily coronavirus briefing, the governor noted that the loosening of stay-at-home orders is dependent on the number of COVID-19-related deaths in the previous two weeks.
Counties will be able to move toward reopening if they can prove that there have been no more than 25 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents in the last 14 days.
Counties should also show that less than 8 percent of residents tested for the virus over a seven-day period were positive. Newsom emphasized that they're looking at the "positivity rate" of.