Orange County Inches Toward Moderate Reopening Tier

People pull up in their vehicles for COVID-19 vaccines in the parking lot of The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., on Jan. 19, 2021. Frederic J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images

Orange County was one-tenth of a percentage away from advancing to a less-restrictive set of reopening rules March 16.

Although it missed the mark for the state’s most recent weekly review of COVID-19 data, it could reach the orange tier by April 7 if metrics continue a downward trend.