LOS ANGELES (KABC) Los Angeles County is now eligible to advance to the least-restrictive yellow tier in the state’s reopening framework, according to state data released Tuesday.
County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said when the county does qualify for the move, a new health order with more relaxed restrictions will be published Wednesday, taking effect Thursday.
Entering the yellow tier will primarily allow higher capacity limits at most businesses. Fitness centers, cardrooms, wineries and breweries, for instance, would be permitted to increase indoor attendance limits to 50%, up from the current 25%; bars would be able to open indoors at 25%; outdoor venues such as Dodger Stadium could increase capacity to 67%, up from the current 33%; and amusement parks could allow 35%, up from 25%.
California coronavirus cases plummet despite surges in Oregon, Washington
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By City News Service
May 3, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - With a graduation to the least-restrictive yellow tier of the state s reopening plan possible this week, Los Angeles County on Sunday reported 313 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths.
However, officials said those low numbers likely reflect reporting delays over the weekend.
According to state figures, the number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals dropped from 410 on Saturday to 390, with 87 people in intensive care, up from 86 the previous day.
Sunday s figures brought the county s totals to 1,233,772 cases and 23,915 fatalities since the pandemic began, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
The county has further eased its COVID-19 health restrictions, allowing indoor playgrounds and arcades to reopen at limited capacity, while lifting restrictions on operating hours for bars, breweries and wineries.
Indoor arcades and playgrounds such as laser tag businesses, ball pits or “bounce” centers are restricted to 25% of capacity, along with other mandated safety modifications.
Bars, which are currently allowed to operate outdoors only, had been restricted to operating hours of 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., but those restrictions are now lifted.
On Monday, playgrounds at all Los Angeles Unified elementary schools and early education centers will reopen. District personnel will use electrostatic misters and approved disinfectant to regularly sanitize playground equipment, the same procedure used to clean frequently touched surfaces in a school, according to Superintendent Austin Beutner.
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Registered nurse Anne-Marie Zamora talks with colleagues while waiting for recipients at a Cedars-Sinai sponsored pop-up vaccine clinic at the Watts-Willowbrook Boys & Girls Club in Los Angeles, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
LOS ANGELES, CA Los Angeles County reported 313 new cases of COVID- 19 and no additional deaths Sunday, though officials said those low numbers likely reflect reporting delays over the weekend.
According to state figures, the number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals dropped from 410 on Saturday to 390, with 87 people in intensive care, up from 86 the previous day.
Sunday s figures brought the county s totals to 1,233,772 cases and 23,915 fatalities since the pandemic began, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
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