SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations and other metrics continued to decline today, but eight more deaths have been logged, including six this month. The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals decreased from 367 on Friday to 309 Monday, with the number of patients in intensive care falling from 108 Friday to 100 Monday, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA). The OCHCA reports COVID-19 statistics Mondays through Fridays. The county has 21.6 percent of its ICU beds available and 66 percent of its ventilators. The county’s positivity rate as of Monday was 3.7 percent and 4.2 percent in the health equity quartile, which measures the disadvantaged communities hardest hit by the pandemic, according to Orange County CEO Frank Kim. The case rate per 100,000 was at 10.2 per 100,000 residents, Kim said. That compares with last Monday when it was 4.7 percent positivity, 5.1 percent in …