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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 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…