Category: hospitalizations

Orange County Records 56 New Cases of COVID-19

SANTA ANA—Orange County has reported 56 new COVID-19 infections, as hospitalization rates maintain some of the lowest numbers since the first couple of months of the pandemic. There were 21 new cases reported May 30, when hospitalizations stood at 63. Meanwhile there were 15 intensive care unit patients. Orange County chief executive Frank Kim told…


Feds to Deploy Manpower, Testing Capacity to Aid Manitoba’s COVID-19 Surge

Ottawa announced it would send a range of support including epidemiologists and increased testing capacity to Manitoba in response to the premier’s call for federal help to cope with the province’s surging COVID-19 cases and overflowing intensive care units. “A critical part of our fight against COVID-19 is the support we have provided to provinces…


Orange County Reports 52 New Cases of COVID-19, One Death

SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 52 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death May 16. The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals rose from 80 on May 15 to 82, while the number of those patients in intensive care decreased from 25 to 23, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. The county…


Orange County COVID-19 Hospitalizations Drop Below 100

SANTA ANA—Orange County’s number of COVID-19 hospitalizations fell out of triple-digits for the first time in months May 3, while the county also reported just 55 new infections and did not log any further fatalities. “That’s amazing,” Andrew Noymer, a University of California–Irvine professor of population health and disease prevention, told City News Service of…


COVID-19 Hospitalizations Drop Again in Orange County

SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 113 new cases of COVID-19 and 45 additional deaths March 21. The county’s hospitalizations for COVID-19—a key metric officials are eyeing in this phase of the pandemic—dropped from 197 March 20 to 187, with the number of COVID patients in intensive care remaining at 43, the Orange County Health Care Agency…


Orange County Moves Closer to Red Tier for Reopening Economy

SANTA ANA—Orange County may find itself close to the less- restrictive red tier in the state’s program for reopening the economy on March 2. As of Feb. 28, the state’s case rate per 100,000 residents was 8.2, the testing positivity rate was at 4.1 percent and the health equity quartile positivity rate, which measures coronavirus…


Orange County’s Wait for Vaccine Continues as COVID-19 Cases Drops

SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 252 new cases of COVID-19 and 40 additional deaths Feb. 21. Hospitalizations continued a downward trend, dropping from 591 Feb. 20 to 577 Feb. 21, with the number of coronavirus patients in intensive care dropping from 196 to 190, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. Of the 40 deaths…


Orange County’s Wait for Vaccine Continues as COVID-19 Cases Drop

SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 252 new cases of COVID-19 and 40 additional deaths on Feb. 21. Hospitalizations continued a downward trend, dropping from 591 Feb. 20 to 577 Feb. 21, with the number of coronavirus patients in intensive care dropping from 196 to 190, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. Of the 40…


UCI Says Its Antibody Treatment Could Reduce COVID-19 Hospitalizations Nationwide

Medical researchers at the University of California–Irvine (UCI) say their ongoing success with administering antibodies to treat COVID-19 could slow hospitalizations nationwide. The UCI Health researchers say they continue to see positive results in their clinical method for infusing patients with monoclonal antibodies—laboratory-made proteins that mimic the immune system’s ability to fight off viruses—for the…


Orange County’s Coronavirus Hospitalizations Continue to Drop

SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 361 new cases of COVID-19 and 33 additional deaths Feb. 14, bringing the county’s totals to 242,505 cases and 3,577 fatalities since the pandemic began. Hospitalizations due to the coronavirus continued to fall sharply in Orange County, declining from 839 Feb. 13 to 790, with the number of coronavirus patients in…