Is it the post-Christmas spike that some public health officials warned us about? Wednesday’s coronavirus infection numbers for Orange County blasted old records, according to the daily report from the county. The […]
A bitter Christmas present?
Pandemic, protests and politics
To our readers: This is the second installment of the “Year in Review 2020” feature. It will cover the months of May through August 2020. The third and concluding part will […]
Hospitalizations keep rising
While the tally of new coronavirus cases in Orange County continues to decline, offering hope of an improving public health situation, the number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 infections, and the total […]
Pressure on hospitals continues
Coronavirus cases and deaths in Orange County continued their general downward trend in Monday’s report from the county health care agency, but pressure continued to build on hospitals. According to the OCHCA, […]
Cases rise after two declines
New cases of coronavirus infections in Orange County rose in Sunday’s report after declining for two days in a row. According to records of the county health care agency, the latest daily […]
A deadly Christmas from COVID
It was a deadly Christmas in Orange County for coronavirus patients. A total of 63 persons were reported to have died on Friday, Christmas Day and on Saturday from COVID-19 infections. According […]
OC cities are among safest
Orange County cities scored quite well in a recent survey of the safest cities in the United States. The study by the Moneygeek.com website ranked 303 municipalities of 100,000 and over population. […]
Cases decline, patients increase
Two trends on coronavirus cases in Orange County are offering contradictory ideas about where the pandemic is headed locally. For three of the last four days, the county health care agency reported […]
New cases rising once again
After two days of declines, new cases of coronavirus cases reported to the Orange County Health Care Agency rose again, nearly eclipsing the record set earlier this week. According to the OCHCA […]
Hospitalizations still increase
New cases of coronavirus infections continue to decline in Orange County but increases in the number of patients hospitalized because of COVID-19 and those in intensive care units for that reason continue […]
