Orange County Moves Into Less-Restrictive Reopening Tier

A waiter delivering food to a table at a restaurant in Newport Beach, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Some businesses in Orange County, California, will be allowed to boost capacity as the region slides into California’s less-restrictive reopening tier May 19.

Improving COVID-19 metrics permit the county to enter the yellow tier under the state’s blueprint for a safer economy, the California Department of Health said May 18.