By City News Service
May 9, 2021
SANTA ANA (CNS) - Orange County reported 33 new cases of COVID-19 and three additional deaths today, as the county continued to close in on qualifying for the least-restrictive tier of the state s economic reopening system.
The county s hospitalizations due to the coronavirus dropped from 90 Saturday to 84, while the number of patients in intensive care ticked down from 22 to 21, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency.
The county had 34.8% of its ICU beds and 77% of its ventilators available.
Sunday s figures brought the county s totals to 254,311 cases and 5,008 fatalities since the pandemic began.
Orange County CEO Frank Kim told City News Service on Friday that he hoped the county s case rate would be within the yellow tier guidelines by Sunday.
Updated on May 9, 2021 at 2:52 pm
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Orange County reported 33 new cases of COVID-19 and three additional deaths today, as the county continued to close in on qualifying for the least-restrictive tier of the state s economic reopening system.
The county s hospitalizations due to the coronavirus dropped from 90 Saturday to 84, while the number of patients in intensive care ticked down from 22 to 21, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
The county had 34.8% of its ICU beds and 77% of its ventilators available.
Sunday s figures brought the county s totals to 254,311 cases and 5,008 fatalities since the pandemic began. Orange County CEO Frank Kim told City News Service on Friday that he hoped the county s case rate would be within the yellow tier guidelines by Sunday.
The county has reached the milestone of 5,000 COVID- 19 fatalities during the pandemic, but Orange County officials are also eying a possible first step toward making the yellow tier in the state's economic reopening plan next week.
By City News Service
May 8, 2021
SANTA ANA (CNS) - The county has reached the milestone of 5,000 COVID- 19 fatalities during the pandemic, but Orange County officials are also eying a possible first step toward making the yellow tier in the state s economic reopening plan next week.
``Case loads are down and we re hoping by Sunday we ll be in the yellow tier, Orange County CEO Frank Kim told City News Service.
The county s case rate was down to 2 per 100,000 as of Friday, Kim said. If the county can get under 2 by Sunday then it would record its first week in the yellow tier for case counts and would have to maintain another week on that level before getting to graduate to the least-restrictive tier.
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Orange County reported 47 new cases of COVID-19 and five additional deaths Saturday, as the county continued to close in on qualifying for the least-restrictive tier of the state s economic reopening system.
The county s hospitalizations due to the coronavirus dropped from 93 Friday to 90, while the number of patients in intensive care ticked up from 20 to 22, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
The county had 36.7% of its ICU beds and 77% of its ventilators available. Saturday s figures brought the county s totals to 254,278 cases and 5,005 fatalities since the pandemic began.