By City News Service
Jan 8, 2021
SANTA ANA (CNS) - Orange County topped its all-time high for COVID-19 hospitalizations again today with 2,251 patients, including 502 in intensive care as officials also reported 29 more fatalities.
The number of hospitalized patients increased from 2,249 Wednesday to 2,251 as the number of patients in intensive care jumped up from 485 to 502, according to figures from the Orange County Health Care Agency.
Of the 29 additional deaths, nine were skilled nursing facility residents and five were assisted living facility residents. The death toll is 1,972 with 664 of the dead from skilled nursing facilities and 203 from assisted living facilities.
County officials also reported 2,701 new diagnoses of coronavirus, raising the cumulative total to 177,733.
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Fountain Valley prides itself on being “a nice place to live,” but the coronavirus pandemic had a way of making times tough on residents and businesses alike.
Still, the community found ways to sprinkle in bits of normalcy like movies in the park and a Halloween parade, as well as helping those in need who faced food insecurity or needed COVID-19 testing.
Across the area, demonstrations were part of 2020. Fountain Valley saw protests for Black Lives Matter and the healthcare industry.
Have a look at some of the top stories in Fountain Valley for 2020:
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center protests
By City News Service
Jan 1, 2021
SANTA ANA (CNS) - Orange County saw a slight dip in the number of people hospitalized due to COVID-19 Thursday, but the intensive-care unit population continues to grow amid a regional surge in virus infections.
The county s new daily case numbers were lower than usual, with the Orange County Health Care Agency stating that previous issues with the state s data-reporting system led to some new infections that would ordinarily be reported on Thursday being included in Wednesday s report.
As a result, the county reported only 610 new cases on Thursday, a dramatic drop from Wednesday s near-record 4,514. The new cases lifted the county s cumulative total from throughout the pandemic to 157,183.
By City News Service
Dec 29, 2020
SANTA ANA (CNS) - Orange County today continued its record-setting pace of COVID-19 hospitalizations with 2,031 patients, including 453 in intensive care, as officials worry about another holiday-related surge on top of the spike related to Thanksgiving.
The Orange County Health Care Agency also reported 2,144 newly diagnosed infections, raising the county s cumulative case count to 149,607, but the death toll remained unchanged at 1,846.
Hospitalizations jumped from 1,990 on Sunday, when there were 443 patients in intensive care units, according to the Health Care Agency.
The county s state-adjusted ICU bed availability remained at zero, and the unadjusted figure declined from 7.3% Sunday to 5.9% on Monday. The state created the adjusted metric to reflect the difference in beds available for COVID-19 patients and non-coronavirus patients.