Case rates have steadily dropped since January following a post holiday surge, with the county seeing an adjusted case rate in the 70s per 100,000 population as recently as the week of Jan. 19. It has since dropped more than 60 points to 11.2 as of Tuesday. County Health Officer Maggie Park told the county's Board of Supervisors at its meeting Tuesday the county isn't quite ready to move into the less-restrictive red tier of the state's color-coded reopening pan. But it may happen sooner rather later, she said. Case rates need to drop to 7 or below per 100,000 population to move into the red tier. San Joaquin County has been hovering just above 11 since last week. The county has not qualified to be in the red tier since the middle of November.