Category: Orange County Health Care Agency

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…


December Deadliest Month on Record for COVID in Orange County

SANTA ANA (CNS)—Orange County health officials Jan. 11 reported another 29 COVID-19 virus fatalities, bringing the death toll to 2,120. The death reports are staggered and sometimes take weeks to be logged, but it’s clear now that December was the deadliest month for the county since the pandemic began, with 410 fatalities reported so far….