COVID-19 cases continue to trend downward in Santa Cruz County.
As of Feb. 16, almost every California county remains stuck in the purple the most restrictive tier. However, thanks to a drop in cases, Santa Cruz County is hoping to move to a less restrictive tier soon.
Santa Cruz County’s positivity rate is at 3.5 % while California overall is at 3.9%.
The number of active cases is also down to 704, with 172 deaths and more than 14,000 known cases reported to date.
