San Francisco has scaled back to the red tier in the California's reopening plan, following a rise in COVID-19 cases.
Mayor London Breed announced Monday that effective Tuesday, the city will be going from the yellow to the red tier in the state's plan. This means that all nonessential office buildings will need to close. Gyms will also only be allowed to have 10% capacity, down from 25% capacity.
"What we have to do is to continue to not get comfortable, because the fact is the virus is out there," Breed said. "We are still going to have to adjust to this so that we don't continue to see a significant spike in San Francisco."
Breed also reminded city residents that the Department of Public Health, along with health officials from other Bay Area counties, put out a travel advisory ahead of next week's Thanksgiving holiday that asks residents to avoid nonessential travel and quarantine if they leave the area.
"This year we're asking people to sacrifice," Breed said. "Put off the things that we all know and love, especially during the holiday season, for the sole purpose of trying to get to a better place."
The announcement came as the number of cases in San Francisco had increased by 200 on Friday, with the positivity rate at 1.87%.
