Orange County’s positive coronavirus testing percentage, one of two main metrics used to determine a county’s tier, fell to meet the third, or orange, tier requirements on Tuesday for the first time in several months.
After weeks of meeting red tier requirements, testing positivity fell to 3.9% from 5.4% last week, within orange tier requirements of 2 to 4.9%.
Meanwhile, the county’s case rate fell from 11.9 to 7.6 this week, nearing the second, or red, tier’s case rate requirements of four to seven.
Both the case rate and the testing positivity rate need to meet red tier requirements in order to enter that tier.
The county has been in the most restrictive purple tier since the county ended its lockdown in January and could enter the red tier as soon as next week, which would mean new business openings and increased capacity for those already open, such as restaurants, malls and salons.
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