Services such as hair salons and winery tasting rooms are closed.
When the stricter stay-at-home rule is lifted, counties will revert to the state’s four-color layer system based on new case studies and other data. Purple has the most restrictions and transitions to red, orange and yellow with the fewest restrictions.
“We’re in deep purple,” Relucio said.
Napa County had about 2,500 new COVID-19 cases in December. That’s four times the July total and double the November total, Relucio said.
Federal and state health officials say COVID-19 vaccines should eventually end the pandemic.
Napa County has approximately 139,000 residents. Relucio told supervisors that the province received 6,300 doses of COVID-19 vaccine and administered 3,318 doses.
Vaccinations are administered on the basis of a tiered system originating from the state and federal governments. That first phase underway includes acute health care workers, those in psychiatric hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, paramedics and dialysis personnel.
In the next two months, the categories could be expanded to include home health care and dentists. Vaccinations could begin in March for people aged 75 and older and people in the food, agriculture, education and childcare sectors.