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Orange Tier Re-openings Coming Monday, April 5
 Los Angeles County has met the threshold for the less restrictive orange tier in the State's Blueprint for a Safer Economy. Yesterday, the State released updated numbers; L.A. County's adjusted case rate dropped from 3.7 new cases per 100,000 people to 3.1 new cases per 100,000 people. The test positivity rate dropped from 1.8% to 1.5% and in areas with the fewest health affirming resources, L.A. County’s test positivity rate dropped from 2.5% to 2.1%.
A revised Los Angeles County Health Officer Order will go into effect on Monday, April 5 at 12:01 a.m. to reflect newly permitted activities. This allows the County to follow the state guidelines and wait until three weeks are completed in the red tier to be sure that case numbers do not rise this third week since the County’s earlier re-openings. The Health Officer Order and modified directives for businesses will be posted on Friday, with an effective date of April 5. Los Angeles County Department of Public Health teams will be available this week and through the weekend to provide information about upcoming changes, allowing establishments to be prepared for full compliance with the required safety modifications.
COVID-19 Vaccination Eligibility Expands Tomorrow
 Los Angeles County is prepared to expand eligibility for the vaccine starting TOMORROW, April 1st, for County residents 50-64 years old. Additionally, on April 15th, vaccines will become available to any resident in Los Angeles County who is 16 and older.
There will be changes made to the MyTurn eligibility criteria beginning today to allow residents 50-64 to begin to schedule appointments. Please note that, while the County received more vaccine doses this week, there are not yet enough doses to vaccinate everyone that is eligible, so we need to ask folks to be patient until supply increases.
Our priority will remain getting residents and workers in hard hit communities vaccinated. We will re-double efforts to increase accessibility and availability of vaccine in communities with the highest risk and lower rate of vaccinations.
Combatting Food Insecurity with CalFresh
 Roughly 2M LA County residents are eligible for CalFresh monthly grocery benefits, but only 1.4M have applied. Encourage the food insecure to find assistance. It only takes 10 minutes to register. #LetsFeedLACounty
Incident Report
Today’s Incident Report is in the process of being finalized and will be posted on the Incident Report section of the County’s COVID-19 site when complete. Please note, that the reports are posted by date and can be accessed at https://covid19.lacounty.gov/incident-updates/.
COVID-19 Digital Communications Guide & Toolkit
Find shareable still graphics, animated graphics, and videos in our Social Media Toolkit. This toolkit is regularly updated & FREE to use!
Help us keep you and your community safe and informed during the COVID-19 health crisis by offering: 1) public safety alerts, 2) health guidance, and 3) resources to economic recovery in custom translated, shareable text, graphics and animations.
Access our our NEW Social Media Toolkit here!
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Additional Information
The County of Los Angeles appreciates your continued partnership in responding to COVID-19 questions and needs of residents. For additional information, please visit:
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