Category: deaths

COVID-19 Hospitalizations Declining in Orange County

SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 1,795 new cases of COVID-19 and 13 additional deaths Jan. 24, bringing the county’s totals to 223,288 cases and 2,638 fatalities since the pandemic began. As of Jan. 24, there were 1,732 people hospitalized countywide with the disease, 467 of whom are in the intensive care unit (ICU), according to the…


Orange County Reports 2,752 New COVID-19 Cases, 78 Deaths

SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 2,752 new positive COVID-19 cases and 78 more deaths Jan. 23. To date, there have been 221,493 coronavirus cases and 2,625 fatalities, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. There are currently 1,818 people hospitalized countywide with the disease, 482 of whom are in the intensive care unit.  The county’s state-adjusted…


 31 New Orange County COVID-19 Deaths; Disney Vaccine Site Closes Again

SANTA ANA (CNS)—Orange County Jan. 20 reported 31 more COVID-19 fatalities, hiking the death toll above 2,500, and the vaccination site at Disneyland had to be closed for a second consecutive day due to windy weather. Health officials said that despite those setbacks and 1,701 new cases being reported Jan. 20, the good news is…


Orange County Officials Confirm Additional 110 COVID-19 Related Deaths

Orange County health officials reported 110 new deaths related to the COVID-19 virus on Jan. 19, accounting for a two-day tally that includes fatalities from Jan. 18. The Orange county Health Care Agency confirmed 64 deaths were recorted Jan. 19, when daily cases reached 2,314. With 12,430 tests conducted, the positivity rate was 18.6 percent….


55 People Died in US After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines: Reporting System

Fifty-five people in the United States have died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports submitted to a federal system. Deaths have occurred among people receiving both the Moderna and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, according to the reports. The reporting system, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), is a federal database. The system is passive,…


Orange County Records More than 3,300 New COVID Cases

SANTA ANA (CNS)— Orange County on Jan. 14 reported 16 more COVID-19 fatalities and 3,331 new cases, but the positivity rate is decreasing, an official says. The county’s positivity rate has been declining over the past several days, Orange County chief Frank Kim said. Five days ago, it was 19.75 and now it’s down to…


Orange County Mortuaries Overwhelmed but Persevering Amid Pandemic

ORANGE, Calif.—Funeral homes across Orange County, California, are beginning to buckle under the mounting pressures of accommodating the increasing number of the recently deceased. “This pandemic has created this influx of death numbers I’ve never seen before—ever,” Kimberly Worl, president of the Orange County Funeral Directors Association, told The Epoch Times. “We’re overloaded. You don’t…


Orange County Records 50 New Virus Deaths

Orange County reported 50 new deaths from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus Jan. 10, and the number of intensive care unit (ICU) patients has hit a new record. The number of patients hospitalized with the virus was 2,216, slightly below the record 2,221 people admitted to hospitals Jan. 9. Meantime, an unsurpassed 547 patients…


LA Coroner’s Office Looks to Refridgerated Trailers to Accomodate Surge

Los Angeles medical officials are preparing to use refrigerated trailers to house a potential need for surge storage during the ongoing CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic. “In preparation for the pandemic, [we] installed refrigerated storage units in the beginning of April 2020. The units have remained largely unused until recently,” Los Angeles County Department…


LA Coroner’s Office Looks to Refrigerated Trailers to Accommodate Surge

Los Angeles medical officials are preparing to use refrigerated trailers to house a potential need for surge storage during the ongoing CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic. “In preparation for the pandemic, [we] installed refrigerated storage units in the beginning of April 2020. The units have remained largely unused until recently,” Los Angeles County Department…