LA, SF in the Yellow
May. 4th, 2021 08:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerIt's "Tier Tuesday" in California. That means an update to the state's Covid-19 risk assessment chart. The headline news this week is that the counties of Los Angeles and San Francisco have entered the yellow tier, the lowest risk level.
[See full report at https://covid19.ca.gov/state-dashboard/]
These two counties pull the state's population in code yellow from being just a fraction of a percent, as of last week's tier update, to 28% now. Most of that is L.A. County, which has a population just north of 10 million.
Edited to add: It's a pleasant surprise that LA has reached yellow tier ahead of most of the state. I mean, I'm happy for SF, too, but SF reached yellow once before, in October before the winter surge, and has routinely been one of the lowest-risk counties in the state. Meanwhile last fall and winter LA was one of the hardest hit. LA leaders and residents have really turned things around. Especially with a population of 10 million that's significant!
What's new with Yellow Tier compared to Orange Tier? As I review the state guidelines most of the changes are differences of degree. Business that were allowed to open at, say, 25% capacity in Orange Tier are allowed to operate at 50% capacity in Yellow Tier. Significant change will come when the tier system is retired. The governor still estimates that will happen June 15, and the continued weekly progress in these statistics supports that. California's new case rate is currently the lowest in the country and has been among the lowest for a few months.
[See full report at https://covid19.ca.gov/state-dashboard/]
These two counties pull the state's population in code yellow from being just a fraction of a percent, as of last week's tier update, to 28% now. Most of that is L.A. County, which has a population just north of 10 million.
Edited to add: It's a pleasant surprise that LA has reached yellow tier ahead of most of the state. I mean, I'm happy for SF, too, but SF reached yellow once before, in October before the winter surge, and has routinely been one of the lowest-risk counties in the state. Meanwhile last fall and winter LA was one of the hardest hit. LA leaders and residents have really turned things around. Especially with a population of 10 million that's significant!
What's new with Yellow Tier compared to Orange Tier? As I review the state guidelines most of the changes are differences of degree. Business that were allowed to open at, say, 25% capacity in Orange Tier are allowed to operate at 50% capacity in Yellow Tier. Significant change will come when the tier system is retired. The governor still estimates that will happen June 15, and the continued weekly progress in these statistics supports that. California's new case rate is currently the lowest in the country and has been among the lowest for a few months.
no subject
Date: 2021-05-05 04:23 pm (UTC)