Note to readers: Delays and other problems in the computation of statistics related to the coronavirus pandemic in Orange County may result in widely-varying tallies from day to day. Saturday’s count […]
Saturday’s case total at 322
School re-openings in New York
The State of New York, once the biggest hot spot in the nation for COVID-19 infections, is planning to reopen schools in some areas of the Empire State under certain conditions. Gov. […]
A ban on Chinese apps owners
A ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of the popular apps TikTok and WeChat was ordered on Thursday by President Donald Trump. The executive orders will go into effect in 45 […]
Grimmer outlook in new numbers
After Wednesday’s encouraging numbers on new cases and deaths, Thursday’s report on coronavirus from the Orange County Health Care Agency showed a grimmer outlook. The number of new cases reported to the OCHCA […]
Council’s inaction a crying shame
If the people of Westminster had but one face, they might have buried it in their hands watching Monday’s special meeting of the city council. In a performance that drew a big […]
Corona cases plunge to 65
Is it genuine impressive progress or another data processing glitch? Wednesday’s report of new COVID-19 cases dropped to a surprising 65, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. As recently as […]
Coronavirus cases fall to 253
The tally of new reported COVID-19 cases took a steep drop on Tuesday, plummeting to 253 cases from 422 the day before. There were other encouraging signs, including a continuing decline in […]
1.5% sales tax won’t be on ballot
By Jim Tortolano There was delay and dire predictions, tedium and even tears at Monday’s special meeting of the Westminster City Council. What there wasn’t was a vote on the sole item […]
Orange passes HB on virus list
Orange has leapfrogged Huntington Beach as the city with the fourth-most reported COVID-19 cases, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency’s report on Monday. The city of Orange has 1,726 cases […]
Sunday’s COVID case count: 558
Sunday’s report on the daily cases of new COVID-19 in Orange County shows 558, bringing the cumulative total to 37,391, of which 24,59 are considered recovered. Saturday’s one-day figure was 637. Two […]
