San Diego (CNS)-The COVID-19 numbers released by San Diego County on Tuesday fell enough to put the region on the path to lifting certain COVID-19 restrictions as soon as next week.

The county is still in the orange tier of the state’s four-story, color-coded reopening plan. On Tuesday, the state reported that the county’s adjusted case rate was 1.7 new cases per 100,000 people per day—low enough to meet the state’s least restrictive yellow rating. This is an improvement from the 2.4 new cases per 100,000 cases added last week.

The county’s positive test rate is 1.3%, while the health equity quartile positive rate is 1.5%. level. These interest rates have fallen from 1.5% and 1.8% last week.

However, to enter the yellow level next Tuesday, the county needs to report an average of less than 2 new cases per 100,000 new cases for another week.

The state plans to remove most COVID-19-related restrictions on June 15, regardless of where the counties are in the above indicators at the time.

San Diego County reported 51 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, with no new deaths, bringing the total number of cases in the county to 280,304. The death toll remains at 3,756.

Of the 5,233 tests reported on Tuesday, 1% were positive, and the two-week rolling average remained at 0.7%.

The number of hospitalizations increased by 3 to 109, of which 43 were in the intensive care unit-up from the 39 reported on Monday. There are 52 staffed ICU beds available in the county.

Officials reported that as of Tuesday, 1,536,829 residents of San Diego County aged 12 and over had received two doses of Pfizer or Moderna coronavirus vaccine or a single Johnson & Johnson vaccine, accounting for 54.8% of the 2,802,851 people in the group.

The goal is to vaccinate 75% of the population.

1,949,258 San Diego County residents received at least one dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

The county has received more than 4.09 million doses and managed more than 3.68 million doses.

A complete list of available vaccination spots can be found Here.

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