Orange County reports 2 new deaths due to COVID-19

Surfer mannequins dressed in protective gear advertise coronavirus cleaning and disinfecting services atop a van parked in Huntington Beach on Monday.

By Andrew TurnerStaff Writer

April 29, 2020 4:46 PM PT

Two new deaths were reported in Orange County as a result of COVID-19, per updated statistics released on Wednesday by the Orange County Health Care Agency.

The death toll due to COVID-19 has now reached 44.

There were 108 new cases reported, bringing the total to 2,252, which includes the deceased. The number is a four-day high for the county since it had 120 on Saturday.

In three of the past four days, new cases have surpassed 100. Before that the county hadn’t had a day with more than 100 since April 1, when 104 new cases were confirmed.

The 2,203 new COVID-19 tests administered are second only to Sunday’s total of 2,267, which was 1,000 more tests provided than any previous date by HCA Public Health Lab and commercial labs. A total of 29,940 people have been tested for the coronavirus.

As of Tuesday, 175 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 — 70 of those are in an intensive care unit. There were 22 of 25 eligible hospitals that contributed to that data in the latest report.

People ages 45-54 account for 19% of cases in the county. Seventeen percent of cases fall in the age brackets of 25-34 and 55-64, respectively. Fifteen percent of cases range from ages 35-44, and 11% are ages 65-74.

Exactly half of the 44 deaths reported in Orange County have involved people age 75 or older.

Santa Ana has had the most cases of any city in the county with 330, followed by Anaheim with 316.

Locally, Huntington Beach has had 214 cases, Newport Beach 97, Costa Mesa 38, Laguna Beach 37 and Fountain Valley 31.

Updated figures are posted daily at occovid19.ochealthinfo.com/coronavirus-in-oc.