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 had 34 percent of its intensive care unit beds and 75 percent of its ventilators available. The most recent numbers brought the county’s totals to 254,744 cases and 5,031 fatalities since the pandemic began. The county logged another 7,227 tests for a total of 3,803,939. Orange County continues to be on track to make it to the least-restrictive yellow tier of the state’s economic reopening system if current trends hold up, Orange County chief executive Frank Kim said late last week. OC could become eligible to move up as soon as May 19. This weekend, …