1 new COVID-19 death, 96 new cases reported in Orange County

The Orange County Health Care Agency reported one new death and 96 new cases related to the novel coronavirus pandemic in updated numbers released Thursday.

That brings the reported death count in the county due to COVID-19 to 66 people, including 14 skilled nursing facility residents. There have been 3,092 cases to date, including 271 skilled nursing facility residents and 216 Orange County jail inmates.

There were 1,324 new tests for COVID-19 administered Wednesday, which was the fewest since April 27. However, testing has increased substantially overall, as there have been an average of 1,773 tests administered over the last nine days. Prior to that, the single-day high for testing was 1,014 on April 24.

Through Wednesday, 43,351 total tests had been administered by public health, clinical and commercial labs.

A total of 186 people are hospitalized with the virus in Orange County, with 69 of them in the intensive-care unit. That report comes from 24 of 25 eligible hospitals.

A full 68% of the reported COVID-19 cases are people under the age of 65. People ages 25-34 and ages 45-54 both lead with 18% of the cases reported, while 17% of the reported cases are people ages 55-64. Those in the 35-44 age demographic account for 15% of the cases.

In terms of deaths, however, 29% of those reported due to the respiratory disease were people aged 75-84. Those 85 and older accounted for 24% of the deaths, while 18% were from ages 65-74.

Males account for 54% of the cases in Orange County, and 58% of the deaths.

Here are the latest case counts for select cities, with their numbers per 10,000 residents:

• Anaheim: 457 (12.7 cases per 10,000 residents)
• Santa Ana: 429 (12.7 cases per 10,000 residents)
• Huntington Beach: 240 (11.8 cases per 10,000 residents)
• Irvine: 139 (5.0 cases per 10,000 residents)
• Newport Beach: 104 (11.9 cases per 10,000 residents)
• Costa Mesa: 46 (4.0 cases per 10,000 residents)
• Laguna Beach: 40 (17.1 cases per 10,000 residents)
• Fountain Valley: 39 (6.9 cases per 10,000 residents)

Updated figures are posted daily at occovid19.ochealthinfo.com/coronavirus-in-oc.

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