On Tuesday, California's Health and Human Services Secretary announced new guidelines for reopening theme parks and professional sports venues in the state. Dr. Mark Ghaly said any reopening will need to have the support of county health officials where the venues are located.
Theme parks will divided into large and small categories with smaller parks allowed to reopen to the public at 25 percent capacity but only in counties currently slotted in the State's orange tier-- the second least restrictive COVID-19 category in the safe reopen plan. Larger theme parks, including Disneyland, will be allowed to reopen at 25 percent capacity only in yellow tier-- the least restrictive tier-- counties.
Face coverings will be mandatory inside the parks unless you're eating or drinking, and entrance will be restricted to people who buy tickets in advance online.
Professional sports venues may operate at 20 percent capacity in orange tier counties, while stadiums and facilities in yellow tier counties will be allowed reopen at 25 percent capacity.
As is the case for theme parks, professional sports events will require advanced ticket sales. In addition, eating and drinking may only happen in assigned seats, face coverings will be mandatory, and no tailgating will be allowed.
The following COVID-19 data was released Tuesday by the California Department of Public Health.
- California has 874,077 confirmed cases to date.Numbers may not represent true day-over-day change as reporting of test results can be delayed.
- There were 3,286 newly recorded confirmed cases Monday. Numbers do not represent true day-over-day change as these results include cases from prior to yesterday.
- The 7-day positivity rate is 2.5% and the 14-day positivity rate is 2.6%.
- There have been 17,189,070 tests conducted in California.This represents an increase of 146,662 over the prior 24-hour reporting period.
- As case numbers continue to rise in California, the total number of individuals who will have serious outcomes will also increase. There have been 16,992 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.