Orange County Reports 3,200 New Cases of COVID-19
SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS) Orange County reported 3,200 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death Dec. 27, bringing the county’s totals to 147,463 cases and 1,846 fatalities.
The county continues to set records for COVID-19 hospitalizations, as that number rose to 1,990 on Dec. 27, with 443 of those patients in intensive care units (ICU), according to the Orange County Health Care Agency.
The county’s state-adjusted ICU bed availability remained at zero, though the unadjusted figure rose to 7.3 percent, an improvement from 5.7 percent on Dec. 26. The state created the adjusted metric to reflect the difference in beds available for COVID-19 patients and non-COVID patients.
Orange County sets new record with nearly 1,900 COVID-19 hospitalizations
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ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - Orange County continued to set records on Thursday for COVID-19 hospitalizations, with the number rising to 1,893, while officials also reported another 3,490 confirmed virus infections.
The number of people hospitalized was a 39-patient jump from Wednesday. Of the 1,893 hospital patients, a pandemic-high 405 were being treated in intensive care.
Orange County set another record for COVID-19 hospitalizations Wednesday, with officials also reporting another 4,406 coronavirus cases and two additional deaths.
Health officials and emergency workers painted a dire picture of the situation inside Long Beach hospitals today, as ambulances struggled to keep up with a crush of patients and the city activated a “mass fatality” plan to back up local morgues that are nearing capacity even as more critically ill patients flood local medical centers.
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“The COVID crisis in Long Beach is not getting better; it’s getting worse,” Mayor Robert Garcia said in a news conference Wednesday. “We have to just recognize that we are living through the biggest challenge we have ever faced as a community and a city.”