Copyright © 2021 KABC-TV. SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — San Mateo County is expected to move into the orange tier in the state's COVID-19 blueprint next week, further loosening restrictions on … Under the soon-to-be-outdated tier system, L.A. qualified this week for the first of two consecutive weeks required to move into the red tier. Orange County's case rates have moved up to the red tier and its positivity rates are in the orange tier, giving the county one week's credit for moving up from the most restrictive purple tier. Orange County Thursday continued its declining trends in COVID-19 cases as it neared the less-restrictive red tier of the state's monitoring system. SANTA ANA (CNS) - Orange County continues to show declining trends in cases of COVID-19, giving county officials hope of graduating to the less-restrictive red tier of the state's coronavirus reopening system by St. Patrick's Day.. Retail stores could allow for half capacity instead of 25%, and museums, zoos and aquariums could reopen for indoor activities at 25% capacity, as could movie theaters, gyms and restaurants. San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced during a Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday that San Francisco County will "likely" move into the orange tier of … Orange County notched week one of two in qualifying to move to the less restrictive red tier of pandemic rules, according to a state Department of Public Health update Tuesday, March 9. Orange County has met requirements to enter the red tier for the first time in several months, paving the way for the region to enter into the second tier and lessening business restrictions. Of those patients, 67 were being treated in intensive care, down from 73 the day prior. Plumas in one of only three counties that are in the orange tier throughout the state. 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Imperial County is the southern-most county in the state that is no longer in the purple tier. Additional Reopenings In Orange and Yellow Tiers. SANTA ANA (CBSLA) — Orange County Thursday continued its declining trends in COVID-19 cases as it neared the less-restrictive red tier of the state’s monitoring system. The numbers brought the county’s total caseload to 248,217 and the death toll to 4,379. Meanwhile Wednesday, Gov. click here to view the full map in a new window, Hair salons: open indoors with modifications, Malls: open indoors at 50% capacity and limited food courts, Nail salons: open indoors with modifications, Electrolysis: open indoors with modifications, Personal care services (body waxing, etc. All Rights Reserved. Under the red tier, more businesses and organizations could reopen. Orange County is close to moving up to the less-restrictive red tier of the state’s coronavirus reopening system, but is not quite there yet and … Includes medical device manufacturer workers; People age 65 and older. Counties must remain in a tier for at least 3 […] The county has met red-tier metrics for a week, and if rates continue through Sunday, the county can move tiers. As shipping delays resolve and additional vaccines are received in Orange County, vaccinations will be provided to the following prioritized groups as determined by the State of California: Phase 1A populations (all tiers). Orange County is currently in the purple tier of California's COVID reopening plan. In the orange tier, bars and breweries will be permitted to reopen outdoors without selling food. On Nov. 24, the state had 41 counties in purple, 11 counties in red, four in orange, two in yellow. SAN MATEO COUNTY (BCN/CBS SF) — A low recent COVID-19 case rate and positivity rate mean San Mateo County could advance to the less restrictive orange tier … “It’s the continued low case numbers that we’ve seen, and I think it’s important to communicate to our residents that while we expect Orange County to open into the red tier in the coming week this isn’t the time to let our guard down,” Orange County CEO Frank Kim said. Select a county to see what region it’s in. Only one county is in the minimal yellow tier — Alpine County. Just one county, Calveras, moved into the yellow tier on Tuesday, bringing the total counties in the fourth tier to 10. Weekly tier assessment data in California counties. Click the dropdown menu and select your county to see how its latest COVID-19 data is trending compared to California's four-tier benchmark system. OC is one of 20 counties in the red tier, the most of any tier. We don’t want to see a repeat of what we saw over the holiday season. We need to reopen. See how tiers are assigned and changed, as well as county historical data (California Blueprint Data Chart) at CDPH’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy framework. Counties can only move down one tier at a time and must be in a tier for three weeks before moving again. Zach Cavanagh Zach Cavanagh is the sports editor for Picket Fence Media. The county on Wednesday reported 160 new COVID-19 cases, hiking the cumulative total to 246,980, and 14 more fatalities, raising the death toll to 3,966. The other two are Mariposa and Sierra counties. Phase 1B, Tier 1. L.A. County could hit the red tier at some point this week, with neighboring Orange County projected to reach the tier on March 17. California has a blueprint for reducing COVID-19 in the state with revised criteria for loosening and tightening restrictions on activities. Indoor capacity will be expanded for many businesses, including 50% for … March 16 is the earliest Orange County could move to the red tier, and if trends hold, the earliest the county could reach the orange tier … Orange County now sits at those latter thresholds. Orange County first moved from the purple “widespread” tier—the state’s highest risk tier—to the red tier on Sept 8, as soon it was eligible move down after the state had introduced the color-coded system on Aug. 28. City News Service contributed to this report. “It’s important to continue to support all the public health protocols. The county’s most recent overall testing positivity rate was at 3.8% and the health-equity positivity rate was at 4.9%, which would put both in the orange tier, said Orange County CEO Frank Kim. As a reminder, a county must remain in a tier for a minimum of three weeks before being able to advance to a less restrictive tier. ), By viewing our video content, you are accepting the terms of our. “We still have to go through the process of meeting the criteria for two weeks.”. 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Gavin Newsom has said is in the works). In addition for Orange County, law enforcement who work in high positive COVID rate areas such as Anaheim and Santa Ana as well as correctional facilities and homeless shelters experiencing outbreaks can get vaccinated at this time. Orange County also meets all the requirements for a shift to the red tier, including a case rate of 6 per 100,000 residents. ©2021 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Understand your county’s status Every county in California is assigned to a tier based on its positivity rate, adjusted case rate, and health equity metric. Counties with data falling in different tiers are assigned to the more restrictive tier. As of Thursday, 252 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 down from 277 on Wednesday. That’s good, but we’re urging caution.”. Tuesday marked one week that OC has met these metrics, with a case rate of 6 per 100,000 residents down from 7.6 the week prior. Gavin Newsom announced that the state was closer to meeting its goal of inoculating two million Californians in underprivileged communities most at risk for COVID-19. Hospitalizations also continued to decline. All data and tier assignments are based on results from week ending February 27, 2021. It won’t matter in Orange County, where officials say they are still on track for making it up to the red tier by March 17 at the earliest. The county has to reach at least 5.2% in that metric to move up to the orange tier. Includes persons age 65+. SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- Though it apparently isn't happening this week, local officials expect Orange and Los Angeles counties to soon be moving to the less-restrictive red tier in the state's program for reopening the economy. Of the state’s 58 counties, 20 have advanced into the red tier, three into the orange tier and only one, Alpine County, into the least-restrictive yellow tier. Local officials expect Orange County and Los Angeles County to soon be moving to the less-restrictive red tier in California's COVID tier program for reopening the economy. The county is eyeing the case rate as it teeters between moving up from the red tier to the less restrictive orange tier in the state's monitoring system. Orange County Tuesday may find itself close to the less-restrictive red tier in the state’s program for reopening the economy. (© Copyright 2020 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Today, the State of California released the new tier data, and Orange County remains in the red “substantial” tier. San Diego County had an adjusted case rate of 8.8 per 100,000 population for the week ended Feb. 27, just above the threshold of 7.0 for remaining in the purple tier. “I don’t think it affects us if we reach that milestone as set by the governor,” Orange County CEO Frank Kim said. On Tuesdays, the state of California positivity rates and cases per 100,000 people are updated, and that is when county officials will know for sure if they have made it up to the orange tier. Of the deaths reported Thursday, three were skilled nursing facility residents and two were assisted living facility residents, raising the death toll among those groups to 1,011 and 489 respectively. The county’s adjusted case rate for the week ending Feb. 27 was 4 per 100,000 residents while the threshold for the orange tier is between 1 and 3.9 cases. The governor’s inoculation program goal, however, will help Orange County graduate to the orange tier sooner, Kim said. County CEO Frank Kim discussed the county's most recent overall testing positivity rate, which would put the county in the Orange Tier. If Orange County returns to the red tier for the first time since the “emergency brake” was pulled on the state’s four-tiered, color-coded coronavirus monitoring system in mid-November, several businesses would be allowed to reopen or restart indoor operations, including restaurants, movie … Mayor Eric Garcetti told Eyewitness News last week. The county reported 139 more coronavirus cases and 33 additional fatalities Thursday. The inoculation goal allows for a relaxing of standards to move up from the most-restrictive purple tier to the red tier. When counties were reassessed on Tuesday, OC met the orange tier metrics for positive testing rate, with 3.2% of residents tested testing positive on average. A week after entering the red tier, businesses and county leaders in San Mateo County are preparing to enter into the orange tier, which will bring even fewer restrictions. Moving from red to orange would allow businesses in the county to increase capacity indoors, … The county is seeing “continued good news in terms of case rates, hospitalizations, death rates, [and] ICU availability,” Newel said, adding that she expects the county to progress quickly from the orange to the yellow tier, and even into the green tier (which doesn’t currently exist but Gov. Across Orange County, the city-based coronavirus counts for Tuesday are as follows: Aliso Viejo - … The orange tier also allows family entertainment centers like bowling alleys and wall-climbing to open indoors to 25% capacity.