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San Francisco health director: city remains in state's orange tier; testing, targeted equity investments to expand
Summary
Health Director Grant Colfax told the San Francisco Health Commission the city remains in the state's orange (moderate) tier, highlighted a new state health-equity metric and outlined expanded low-barrier testing, isolation hotels and a $28 million Mayor's investment for Latino COVID support.
San Francisco Health Director Grant Colfax told the Health Commission that, under new state guidance, counties must meet an equity metric or demonstrate targeted investments to move to less-restrictive COVID tiers, and that San Francisco currently sits in the state's orange (moderate) tier. Colfax said the department is working with the state on an equity plan that will identify disproportionately impacted populations and targeted interventions.
Colfax reported that the city has recorded about 11,500 diagnosed COVID-19 cases and 111 deaths to date and that local hospital indicators remain favorable: hospital capacity and intensive-care indicators were in the green, he said, while case rate recently fell from red to orange.…
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