Santa Clara County Moving into State’s Purple Tier as COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Rise Locally

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 16, 2020 

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Santa Clara County, CA – Citing concerns regarding a sudden rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the State of California announced today that Santa Clara County is moving directly into the most restrictive Purple Tier of the Blueprint for a Safer Economy.  This change will take effect tomorrow, November 17, 2020, at 12:01 a.m. Under the State’s Blueprint, the Purple Tier indicates that the risk of community transmission in the county is widespread.

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