San Diego County Transferring into Least-Restrictive COVID-19 ‘Yellow Tier’
In the “yellow level”, fitness studios can be used to 50% capacity – inside and outside. Photo via Pexels.com
San Diego County will move into California’s least restrictive “yellow tier” Wednesday morning after two consecutive weeks with an adjusted new daily COVID-19 case rate of less than two cases per 100,000 residents, district officials said Tuesday.
The county will move to the yellow tier just six days before the phasing out of the phased reopening plan on June 15, joining other urban counties such as Los Angeles, San Francisco and Orange.
On Tuesday, the county’s adjusted case rate was 1.2 cases per 100,000 residents, after having dropped to 1.7 cases last week.
“You did it, San Diegans. You followed public health guidelines and got vaccinated when the vaccine was available to you, ”said Dr. Wilma Wooten, district health officer. “These measures have led to a significant decrease in COVID-19 cases in the region.”
“Now we need San Diegans to get further vaccinated so that we can get closer to herd immunity, and that includes second doses for those who have received the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine,” she added.
At the yellow level, outdoor music events can be increased to 67%, restaurants and gyms can be used to 50% capacity – indoors and outdoors – indoor bars can contain 25% or 100 people, whichever is less, and gatherings in the 200 people can go outdoors.
For a full list of the limits lifted for that one week after moving down to the yellow tier, please visit the state’s COVID-19 website.
If California fully reopens the economy on June 15, the state will go beyond the blueprint for a safer economy – the system of stages the state has been using since last year. No capacity restrictions or social distancing are enforced, and only “mega-events” – events with more than 5,000 people indoors or 10,000 outdoors – require or recommend vaccine verification.
City News Service contributed to this article.
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