Orange County reports 2 more COVID-19 deaths and 528 new cases

The Orange County Health Care Agency reported two coronavirus-related deaths and 528 cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, on Saturday in its latest numbers.

Since the onset of the pandemic, the county has experienced 1,524 deaths due to the virus and 64,586 total cases.

Hospitalizations because of the virus numbered 235 entering the weekend. There were 90 patients being treated in intensive care units.

The healthcare agency also reported 12,871 tests for the virus within the last day, taking the cumulative total of tests administered to 1,242,434. To date, an estimated 56,154 people in the county have recovered after contracting the virus.

Orange County, which is assigned to the red tier for “substantial transmission,” carries seven-day averages of 5.6 daily new cases per 100,000 residents and a testing positivity rate of 3.3%. Those numbers come with a seven-day lag.

In order to remain in the red tier, a county must meet the thresholds of having between four to seven new daily cases per 100,000 residents and a testing positivity rate from 5% to 8%.

The criteria to get to the less restrictive orange tier requires a county to have between one and 3.9 new daily cases per 100,000 residents and carry a testing positivity rate of 2% to 4.9%.

A woman wears a face mask and a face shield as she walks on the 600 block of West 19th Street in Costa Mesa on Saturday.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Here are the latest cumulative coronavirus case counts and COVID-19 deaths for select cities in Orange County:

• Santa Ana: 12,329 cases; 322 deaths
• Anaheim: 11,058 cases; 328 deaths
• Huntington Beach: 2,836 cases; 86 deaths
• Costa Mesa: 2,191 cases; 45 deaths
• Irvine: 2,153 cases; 14 deaths
• Newport Beach: 1,333 cases; 26 deaths
• Fountain Valley: 647 cases; 21 deaths
• Laguna Beach: 271 cases; fewer than five deaths

Here are the case counts by age group, followed by deaths:

• 0 to 17: 4,921 cases; one death
• 18 to 24: 9,626 cases; four deaths
• 25 to 34: 13,861 cases; 21 deaths
• 35 to 44: 10,264 cases; 40 deaths
• 45 to 54: 10,400 cases; 118 deaths
• 55 to 64: 7,775 cases; 211 deaths
• 65 to 74: 3,924 cases; 301 deaths
• 75 to 84: 2,127 cases; 331 deaths
• 85 and older: 1,640 cases; 497 deaths

Updated figures are posted daily at occovid19.ochealthinfo.com/coronavirus-in-oc. For information on getting tested, visit occovid19.ochealthinfo.com/covid-19-testing.

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