Tuesday morning there was some promising news on the COVID-19 front in Kern County.
PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTING THAT ONEOF OUR THREE METRICSNEEDED TO MOVE INTO THE ORANGETIER... HAS BEEN MET.OUR TESTING POSITIVITY IS 4.4PERCENT... WHICH IS LOWER WHICHIS TERRIFIC AND IN FACT NOWMEETS THEORANGE TIER.THAT'S DOWN ALMOST A FULLPERCENTAGE POINT FROM LASTWEEK.THE OTHER TWO METRICS THAT ARENEEDED... INCLUDE THEDAILY CASE RATE..
AND THE HEALTHEQUITY METRIC.KERN COUNTY'S NUMBERS FOR THOSETWO METRICS ARESTILL MEETING THE 'RED TIER'.IN ORDER TO OFFICIALLY MOVE INTOTHE ORANGE TIER... ALL THREEMETRICS MUST BE MET FOR TWOWEEKS.IF YOU NEED
Public Health Director Matt Constantine announces new metrics, sharing that Kern's testing positivity rate meets orange metric..