Tuesday COVID-19 Roundup: L.A. County Setting Up Higher Capacity Limits; SCV Cases Total 27,737 Uploaded: , Tuesday, May 4, 2021 By Press Release Los Angeles County has met the threshold for the least restrictive yellow tier in the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy. On Tuesday, the State released updated blueprint tier numbers; L.A. County’s adjusted case rate dropped from 1.9 new cases per 100,000 people to 1.6 new cases per 100,000. The overall test positivity rate dropped from 0.9% to 0.7%, and in areas with the fewest health affirming resources, L.A. County’s test positivity rate dropped from 1.0% to 0.8%. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed Tuesday 18 new deaths and 273 new cases of COVID-19, with 27,737 total cases in the Santa Clarita Valley.