Orange County reports 3 more deaths due to COVID-19

The Orange County Health Care Agency reported three coronavirus-related deaths and 322 new cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, on Saturday in its latest numbers tracking the county’s virus transmission.

On the whole, the county has had 1,506 deaths because of the virus, while 61,743 people countywide have contracted it during the pandemic.

There were 199 hospitalizations due to the virus, with 72 of those patients receiving treatment in intensive care units.

An additional 8,050 tests for COVID-19 were reported within the last day, bringing the total number administered to 1,168,523. Approximately 54,799 people have recovered after battling the virus, the healthcare agency estimates.

Orange County currently resides in the second, red tier in the state guidelines that have been used to determine the extent to which counties can reopen.

Counties in the red tier must maintain seven-day averages of four to seven new daily cases per 100,000 residents and a testing positivity rate between 5% and 8%.

The county currently carries seven-day averages of 6.0 new daily cases per 100,000 residents and a testing positivity rate of 3.6%. Those numbers come with a seven-day lag.

Here are the latest cumulative coronavirus case counts and COVID-19 deaths for select cities in Orange County:

• Santa Ana: 11,854 cases; 319 deaths
• Anaheim: 10,562 cases; 327 deaths
• Huntington Beach: 2,706 cases; 86 deaths
• Costa Mesa: 2,104 cases; 45 deaths
• Irvine: 2,021 cases; 14 deaths
• Newport Beach: 1,284 cases; 26 deaths
• Fountain Valley: 601 cases; 20 deaths
• Laguna Beach: 260 cases; fewer than five deaths

Here are the case counts by age group, followed by deaths:

• 0 to 17: 4,634 cases; one death
• 18 to 24: 9,257 cases; five deaths
• 25 to 34: 13,222 cases; 21 deaths
• 35 to 44: 9,811 cases; 38 deaths
• 45 to 54: 9,956 cases; 118 deaths
• 55 to 64: 7,426 cases; 208 deaths
• 65 to 74: 3,752 cases; 297 deaths
• 75 to 84: 2,047 cases; 326 deaths
• 85 and older: 1,590 cases; 492 deaths
  

Updated figures are posted daily at occovid19.ochealthinfo.com/coronavirus-in-oc. For information on getting tested, visit occovid19.ochealthinfo.com/covid-19-testing.

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