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As the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines continues, Orange County health officials say that demand for testing super sites is in decline.
The county announced on Monday that it will be closing two COVID-19 testing super sites at the Orange County Fairgrounds and the Anaheim Convention Center on April 30.
“When COVID-19 testing was first developed more than one year ago, availability was limited and many residents had to wait to experience symptoms before qualifying,” Dr. Clayton Chau, director of the Orange County Health Care Agency, said in a statement. “While we’re pleased that the County of Orange was able to stand up these Super Sites to meet initial community need, we have a robust network in place today that makes no-cost testing easily accessible. One of the many testing options is our at-home test kit.”
OC Keeps on Positive Path for COVID-19 Statistics By City News Service Santa Ana PUBLISHED 3:23 PM PT Apr. 05, 2021 PUBLISHED 3:23 PM PDT Apr. 05, 2021
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS) Orange County Monday saw a significant decline in the number of intensive care unit COVID-19 patients, as overall trends continued on a positive path.
After a one-day break due to the Easter holiday, the county reported 208 new infections and logged four more coronavirus-related deaths since Saturday, bringing the cumulative case count to 251,310 and the death toll to 4,772.
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After a one-day break due to the Easter holiday, OC reported 208 COVID-19 cases and four deaths since Saturday
By City News Service
Apr 6, 2021
SANTA ANA (CNS) - Orange County has seen a significant decline in the number of intensive care unit COVID-19 patients, as overall trends continue on an encouraging path.
After a one-day break due to the Easter holiday, the county on Monday reported 208 new infections and logged four more coronavirus-related deaths since Saturday, bringing the cumulative case count to 251,310 and the death toll to 4,772.
The hospitalization counts, however, are a more key metric monitored by public health professionals, and in Orange County those numbers continued to trend down.
Hospitalizations remained at 109, the same as Saturday, but the number of patients in intensive care dropped from 23 to 16, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency.
By City News Service
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SANTA ANA (CNS) - Orange County is expected to release new COVID-19 figures today after no updates were provided Sunday due to the Easter holiday.
The county had reported 248 new cases and seven additional deaths Saturday, along with another drop in coronavirus hospitalizations.
Saturday s case numbers represented a spike from Friday, when only 90 new cases were reported, and Thursday, when 81 cases were logged. The number of county residents hospitalized with the virus, however, dropped from 118 Friday to 109, with the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care remaining at 23.
OC has logged 251,102 cases and 4,768 deaths since the pandemic began, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency.