Orange County met yellow tier metrics for the first time last week, paving the way for the county to more fully reopen its economy.
Orange County’s case rate fell to 1.8 cases per 100,000 residents from 2.4 the week prior; if the case rate stays below 2 this week, it could enter the least restrictive reopening tier as soon as next week.
Los Angeles became the first Southern California county to enter the yellow tier last week; nine counties in total have entered the yellow tier.
OC has been in the orange tier since March 29. In the yellow tier, the county can expand capacity at restaurants, gyms, movie theaters, sports venues and other businesses. Theme parks, like Disneyland, can increase capacity from 25% to 35%.
Bars that don’t serve food, currently only able to operate outdoors, can reopen indoors at 25% capacity.
The color-coded reopening guidelines were first implemented in August, and could be scrapped as soon as next month as the state aims to fully open its economy on June 15.
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