Replies(16) A health official in California's third largest county is urging hospitals to cancel elective surgeries and implement plans for an onslaught of COVID-19 patients, as intensive care units fill up statewide amid spiking virus cases. (California OES via AP, File) SANTA ANA, CA — Orange County Monday set new records for coronavirus diagnoses and hospitalizations while also reaching zero intensive care unit capacity' in the state's adjusted category. Still, the region remains the epicenter of the effort to roll back the state's stay-home orders with county leaders decrying state measures to slow the spread of the disease. The county logged 3,250 COVID-19 new infections, raising the cumulative case total to 105,754 Monday. At the same time, sheriff's officials wrangled with an escalating outbreak in the jails.Hospitalizations jumped from 1,236 Sunday to 1,287, including 288 ICU patients, up from 284 the previous day. Both are new records — a daily occurrence since last week.