Governor announces five counties recently removed from monitoring list, bringing total to 35

Gov. Newsom on Monday announced that the state’s county monitoring list now includes 35 of the state’s 58 counties, down from 40 a few days ago. The counties recently removed are: Calaveras, Mono, Napa, Orange and Sierra, he said.

The current list includes 702 school districts and 1,023 charter schools that serve more than 4.8 million students, 78% of all California students. That does not include students in private schools, according to an EdSource analysis. Based on state guidance, no public or private school can open for in-person instruction if it is in a county on the list until that county has been removed for 14 consecutive days, unless it has received an elementary waiver for students in grades K-6.