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Restaurants will increase from 25% to 50% capacity indoors, gyms to 25% capacity indoors, and movie theaters to 50% capacity indoors on June 2.

As of Thursday morning, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nevada County had reached 4,671. There are 101 new cases since Thursday, April 29, indicating a 2% increase. Of the 4,671 total cases, 4,468 have been released from isolation and 128 are presently active. Nevada County’s total death toll is 75, with no deaths in the last four weeks. The county remains in the red tier. According to California’s Health and Human Services’ website, Nevada County administered 3,318 vaccine doses this week, bringing the total number of fully vaccinated people in the county up to 32,201. ...

County officials announced Wednesday that Public Health’s COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Sierra College’s Grass Valley campus will be open to walk-ins. The new clinic at 250 Sierra College Drive opened Tuesday. It will be open from 8 am. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and appointments through the first week of June have been added to MyTurn . “We’re very interested in having this clinic available, just another avenue for folks to be immunized,” said Nevada County Public Health Officer Dr. Scott Kellermann in a Q&A Wednesday. Kellermann said the clinic’s first two days were “a l...

A shot of hope. That’s what the owners and staff of Dokimos pharmacies have offered Nevada County residents. “We knew we needed to step up and create a COVID-19 vaccine clinic,” said owner David Dokimos, “rather than wait for the large corporate drugstores to eventually begin taking vaccination appointments. We just needed to find a way to do it without losing a ton of money.” David and Kelly Dokimos, with help from their daughter Jacque, opened western Nevada County’s first COVID-19 vaccine clinic for the public Jan. 28. They rented the former Ol’ Republic Brewery below the Dok...

Submitted to The Union Nevada County Public Health officials expressed concern Friday about the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Nevada County. With a seven-day average of 10.9 cases per day, Nevada County has a higher COVID-19 rate than most counties in the state. There are currently four active COVID-19 outbreaks in Nevada County. An “outbreak” is defined as three or more cases not within the same household in a 14-day period. While Public Health officials do not share details about specific outbreaks, they said they are seeing cases rise in both eastern and western Nevada County. Tru...