Nearly 50% of California is Orange or Red-Why Isn't It Under Lockdown?

A new Covid tracker from Harvard maps out the number of new daily infections U.S. counties per 100,000 residents. Regions with at least 25 new daily infections per 100,000 people are designated code-red and stay-at-home orders are necessary. Regions with 10-24 new daily cases per 100,000 residents are designated code-orange and it is highly recommended that they, too, implement stay-at-home orders. 

Looking at this map of California, it is clear that nearly half the state is in the orange or red zone (24 counties), while 34 are in the yellow or green (as of 7/2/20). However, of the counties in the yellow, four of them are at 9.5 or higher, and are therefore very close to slipping into the orange zone. In all, six counties are in the 9.0-9.9 range, putting them at risk of slipping into the orange.