43 new deaths reported in Orange County due to COVID-19

Though coronavirus trends in Orange County continue to stabilize, two popular music festivals in Southern California have again been put on hold.

The Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival and the Stagecoach Festival, scheduled for consecutive weekends in April at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, were each canceled on Friday. This marks the second straight year the festivals have been canceled.

The Riverside County Public Health Office announced in a health order Friday that the festivals were shuttered due to the continued risk of COVID-19.

A child feeds the ducks at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley on Saturday.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

In Orange County, healthcare agency officials reported 43 new deaths due to COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the county’s death toll due to the respiratory disease to 3,018.

There were 1,279 new positive tests reported, and the county’s cumulative case count is now 231,036, including deaths.

There are 1,442 cases currently hospitalized, including 394 cases in the intensive care units.

The seven-day average of new cases is 46.6 per 100,000 residents, while the test positivity rate is 12.9%. Both numbers come with a seven-day lag.

An estimated 173,862 people in the county have recovered from COVID-19.

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

• Santa Ana: 41,798 cases; 532 deaths
• Anaheim: 38,612 cases; 570 deaths
• Huntington Beach: 9,429 cases; 148 deaths
• Costa Mesa: 8,093 cases; 82 deaths
• Irvine: 9,200 cases; 49 deaths
• Newport Beach: 3,309 cases; 51 deaths
• Fountain Valley: 3,107 cases; 49 deaths
• Laguna Beach: 720 cases; fewer than five deaths
  

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

• 0 to 17: 23,480 cases; one death
• 18 to 24: 32,073 cases; six deaths
• 25 to 34: 46,464 cases; 33 deaths
• 35 to 44: 36,194 cases; 65 deaths
• 45 to 54: 37,122 cases; 199 deaths
• 55 to 64: 28,993 cases; 401 deaths
• 65 to 74: 14,412 cases; 583 deaths
• 75 to 84: 7,238 cases; 704 deaths
• 85 and older: 4,904 cases; 1,026 deaths
  

Updated figures are posted daily at occovid19.ochealthinfo.com/coronavirus-in-oc. Information on the COVID-19 vaccine in Orange County can be found atoccovid19.ochealthinfo.com/covid-19-vaccine-resources.

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