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Orange County Remains in Orange Tier for COVID-19

April 22, 2021
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SANTA ANA—Orange County continues to show encouraging signs of declining COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, and a major healthcare provider has opened one of two new mass vaccination sites in the county. “The numbers are looking great in Orange County,” Andrew Noymer, a University of California–Irvine professor of population health and disease prevention, told City News…

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Orange County’s Restrictions Loosen as COVID-19 Metrics Improve

March 30, 2021
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Arcades and bowling allies are among the businesses allowed to reopen March 31 when Orange County graduates to a less-restrictive reopening tier. The county landed in the orange tier after maintaining the necessary COVID-19 metrics for two weeks, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) said March 30. Reaching the stage means businesses that were not…

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Orange County Partners With Blue Shield as it Eyes Orange Tier

March 23, 2021
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors has approved a partnership with Blue Shield to administer COVID-19 vaccines. The board during its March 23 meeting approved a memorandum of understanding with the insurance company on a distribution contract. The partnership will allow Orange County to continue using its Othena scheduling platform. During the meeting, Orange County’s…

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Orange County Inches Toward Moderate Reopening Tier

March 17, 2021
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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. Reaching the orange tier would allow…

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