For those two weeks, we were the only county in California to be both in a sub-purple tier and not affected by a regional stay-at-home order.
Locals at the time warned that we weren’t likely to stay in the red zone long, given our rising case rates, and this afternoon that came to be: The state’s Public Health Department has reassigned us to the most restrictive — purple — tier.The California Department of Public Health today announced that Humboldt County will be reassigned to the “Purple†or widespread tier, tightening COVID-19 safety measures as the local case and positivity rates continue to rise.Changes under the purple tier include:.Hoffman said of the move to purple tier, “This pandemic has hit us all hard, especially families with school-age children, our seniors and the business community