Arcadia County To Move Into Yellow Tier Thursday, May 6

Press release from the City of Arcadia:

May 05, 2021

Los Angeles County has qualified to move into the least-restrictive yellow tier of California’s coronavirus reopening blueprint.

The County will officially enter the yellow tier on Wednesday, but the relaxed restrictions will not take effect until Thursday, according to County Public Health officials. To qualify for the yellow tier, a county must have less than 2.0 cases per 100,000 residents, and it must maintain that for two weeks.

The County also must also maintain an average test positivity rate for the past seven days of under 2.0% to get into the yellow tier. LA County’s test positivity rate currently stands at 0.7%.For more information about Yellow Tier venue capacity and reopening protocols, please visit the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health website.

This press release was produced by the City of Arcadia. The views expressed are the author's own.