SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped and the county is nearing 2.1 million fully vaccinated residents, according to the latest data released by the Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA). The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals dropped from 326 Wednesday to 304 Thursday, with the number of patients in intensive care ticking up from 85 to 87, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. The last time hospitalization rates were this low was the end of July. The county has 21.5 percent of its intensive care unit beds available and 66 percent of its ventilators. The number of fully vaccinated residents in the county increased from 2,069,128 as of last Thursday to 2,096,177 today. That number includes an increase from 1,932,614 to 1,958,145 of residents who have received the two-dose regimen of vaccines from Pfizer or Moderna. The number of residents receiving the one-dose Johnson & …