Orange County reports 63 deaths due to COVID-19 over last two days

The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 63 coronavirus deaths and 5,953 new infections on Saturday.

Data provided to begin the weekend accounted for a two-day total, as the healthcare agency last issued a report on the county’s virus transmission on Thursday.

Orange County’s death toll due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, climbed to 1,845 and the cumulative number of cases is 144,263.

Among the new fatalities, 45 were residents that did not live in a facility, while 12 were assisted living facility residents and six were skilled nursing facility residents.

There are currently 1,957 cases requiring hospitalization in the county, with 432 of those patients being treated in intensive care units.

The county has just 5.7% of its ICU beds available. Regions that had their ICU capacity availability fall below 15% were placed under the latest stay-at-home order, a measure that went into effect for Southern California on Dec. 7.

An additional 37,585 tests for the virus were reported by the county over the last two days. The total number of tests administered in the county is 1,964,297.

The healthcare agency estimates that 79,794 people countywide have recovered after contracting the virus.

Orange County currently has seven-day averages of 51.8 daily new cases per 100,000 residents and a testing positivity rate of 15.2%. Those statistics come with a seven-day lag.

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

• Santa Ana: 27,848 cases; 369 deaths
• Anaheim: 24,401 cases; 395 deaths
• Huntington Beach: 5,764 cases; 99 deaths
• Costa Mesa: 4,698 cases; 52 deaths
• Irvine: 5,291 cases; 22 deaths
• Newport Beach: 2,147 cases; 28 deaths
• Fountain Valley: 1,813 cases; 30 deaths
• Laguna Beach: 475 cases; fewer than five deaths

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

• 0 to 17: 13,440 cases; one death
• 18 to 24: 20,405 cases; five deaths
• 25 to 34: 29,988 cases; 26 deaths
• 35 to 44: 22,792 cases; 43 deaths
• 45 to 54: 23,320 cases; 139 deaths
• 55 to 64: 17,773 cases; 250 deaths
• 65 to 74: 8,884 cases; 362 deaths
• 75 to 84: 4,459 cases; 408 deaths
• 85 and older: 3,122 cases; 611 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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