Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new, color-coded process Friday for reopening California businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic that is more gradual than the state's current rules to guard against loosening restrictions too soon.
Counties will move through the new, four-tier system based on their number of cases and percentage of positive tests. It will rely on those two metrics to determine a tier: case rates and the percentage of positive tests.
Newsom said the new system will be simple, slower and steady. It also invests more power with the state instead of the counties.
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