CoA Moves To Level Orange Alert Status

The City of Amarillo Public Health Department has moved the City into Level Orange of the Coronavirus Status Level Chart.

Level orange means residents should practice strict social distancing, use face masks in public settings, practice enhanced hygiene and cleaning routines, limit social gatherings to small groups, limit non-essential travel community wide and limit personal travel outside of the community.

The color levels are evaluated on a week period according to the latest Covid-19 data in the community.

The City says the Amarillo Hospitalization Rate has gone up to 4.26% with 554 active cases in the area.