In early Sept. the County began to provide official information from the state about about the official time, percentage of tests conducted daily that come back positive, and the number of new cases per day. The state uses the average number of new cases per day per 100,000 people, on a seven day lagging average, and the positive cases as the determiners of which "tier" the county sits in. It's important to note that because Mendo has about 87,000 people, the average number per 100,000 people per day is different from the actual average number of new cases.

UPDATE 5:30 p.m. — Here’s our latest:

https://mendovoice.com/2020/11/county-confirms-purple-tier-begins-tues-most-school-openings-nixed-indoor-dining-gyms-religious-services-banned-retail-occupancy-restricted-with-graphs/

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WILLITS, 11/16/20 — Mendocino County will be moving back in to the “purple tier” of COVID-19 restrictions, as yet another surge of the virus afflicts the nation and California. The purple tier is the most restrictive and include prohibitions on indoor dining, indoor church services, and gyms among many other things.

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Adrian Fernandez Baumann is the managing editor of The Mendocino Voice and a founder. He lives in the Willits area and has a dog named Bravo.