Instead, the opposite has occurred, with the county s case numbers continuing to decline.
The orange tier restrictions enacted Monday mean movie theaters, restaurants, churches, museums, zoos and aquariums can go from 25% to 50% of capacity, while gyms are increased from 10% to 25%. Card rooms and family entertainment centers can resume indoor operations at 25% of capacity.
The county will still enforce certain rules that are more strict than what the state allows. Most notably, bars that don t serve food which are being permitted to reopen outdoors only are able to operate only from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., with a required 8-foot distance between outdoor tables.
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California has so far bucked the spring COVID-19 surge that has hit other parts of the country.
But for how long?
As the state gradually unlocks its economy after months of pandemic-related restrictions, officials continue to warn that failing to adhere to the public health protocols guiding the latest round of reopenings could spark another swell in coronavirus cases, reversing weeks of progress.
A single botched reopening of a venue could result in a superspreading incident, seeding new infections throughout a community if people stop taking protective measures such as wearing masks and staying away from crowds, officials warned.
By City News Service
Apr 6, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - On the day Los Angeles County enacted loosened COVID-19 orange-tier business restrictions, speculation was already building about a possible quick jump into the least-restrictive yellow tier but the county public health director said that s unlikely to happen for at least three weeks.
Although the county technically advanced into the orange tier of the state s Blueprint for a Safer Economy last week, health officials waited until Monday to enact the eased business restrictions. That enabled the county to remain in the red tier for a full three weeks, giving health officials a chance to ensure that the eased red-tier restrictions did not cause a sudden jump in COVID infections.
Newsom Says California Could Fully Reopen by June 15 if 2 Criteria Are Met
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By Emily Alvarenga | The Signal
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday a plan to fully reopen California’s economy by June 15 if vaccine and hospitalization numbers remain stable.
The move would eliminate the state’s four-tiered system, allowing the entire state to reopen at the same time and “everyday activities” to resume, though the state could revise the June 15 target date if needed.
The full reopening is expected to be contingent on two conditions: vaccine supply must be sufficient for Californians 16 and older who wish to be inoculated and hospitalizations must remain “stable and low,” while exact figures on these conditions were not given.
As California reopens further, wariness remains more than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Residents wonder: Is it too soon to return to normality?