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View Winners → Los Angeles County closer to red tier as case rates decline
Riverside University Health System’s from left, Jennifer Gary, RN., Michale Wirz, LVN., Isabel Cid De Benitez, LVN., and Tristina McDowell, MA. Wave to a patient after giving him a coronavirus test at a drive through test site in Riverside on Thursday, May 7, 2020. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Los Angeles County moved a step closer Tuesday, Sept. 22, to advancing to the next coronavirus tracking tier in the state’s reopening blueprint, which would mean more businesses could open indoors again and capacity could expand for some of those open already. L.A. County registered an adjusted new coronavirus case rate per day of 7.0 per 100,000 people, according to the California Department of Public Health based on data from the week ending Sept. 12. That number was also adjusted downward from the actual rate of 7.7 due to higher than average rates of testing. More than 2.5 million people have now been tested for the coronavirus in L.A. County with 9% of all people testing positive. The county would need to hold levels of new cases per day at no more than 7.0 per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks to advance to the “red” tier representing significant […]
