Orange County could stay in the red tier longer if coronavirus testing doesn’t pick up

Orange County is half-qualified for the next coronavirus tracking tier, colored orange for “moderate” risk, which would mean more businesses and public sectors could reopen and less occupancy restrictions on those that have.
Local shares of COVID-19 tests that are coming back positive are 3.9%, an improving metric that makes the county orange-tier material, in part.
But the rate of new cases each day came in this week at 4.7 cases per 100,000 residents, dashing hopes that Orange Coun