Bad weather continues to dash Orange County’s vaccination plans, even as virus trends flatten

The Orange County Health Care Agency announced Thursday its Disneyland COVID-19 vaccination site will be closed Friday due to heavy rains anticipated for the county’s inland and coastal areas, though a second site at Soka University will remain operational.

No appointments were booked for the Anaheim super site, officials said on social media, so rescheduling was not necessary. Friday’s shuttering marks the fourth weather-related closure since the Dinseyland lot opened Jan. 13 to residents over 65 and other Phase 1A eligible candidates.

Meanwhile, new coronavirus infections and COVID-19 hospitalizations continued to decline, as county health officials Thursday recorded 1,276 new cases of coronavirus and 29 deaths.

Orange County’s cumulative case count now stands at 228,297, with 2,868 having died from COVID-19.

Area hospitals reported treating 1,592 residents for COVID-19, nearly 28% of whom — or 439 individuals — were being cared for in intensive care units, the agency reported.

The county’s seven-day average of new cases declined this week, to 46.6 per 100,000 residents. Another 19,733 tests were reported on Thursday, bringing the cumulative number to 2,621,830 and accounting for a seven-day average testing positivity rate of 12.9%.

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

• Santa Ana: 41,354 cases; 508 deaths
• Anaheim: 38,192 cases; 554 deaths
• Huntington Beach: 9,324 cases; 139 deaths
• Costa Mesa: 8,011 cases; 79 deaths
• Irvine: 9,030 cases; 46 deaths
• Newport Beach: 3,249 cases; 48 deaths
• Fountain Valley: 3,067 cases; 45 deaths
• Laguna Beach: 712 cases; fewer than five deaths
  

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

• 0 to 17: 23,144 cases; one death
• 18 to 24: 31,732 cases; five deaths
• 25 to 34: 45,992 cases; 32 deaths
• 35 to 44: 35,803 cases; 59 deaths
• 45 to 54: 36,688 cases; 193 deaths
• 55 to 64: 28,617 cases; 382 deaths
• 65 to 74: 14,215 cases; 551 deaths
• 75 to 84: 7,127 cases; 660 deaths
• 85 and older: 4,823 cases; 985 deaths
  

Updated figures are posted daily at occovid19.ochealthinfo.com/coronavirus-in-oc. Information on the COVID-19 vaccine in Orange County can be found at https://occovid19.ochealthinfo.com/covid-19-vaccine-resources.

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