Orange County Reports 23 New Cases, No New Deaths For Second Consecutive Day
For the second day in a row, Orange County has reported no new COVID-related deaths and reports of new cases continues to decrease.
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For the second day in a row, Orange County has reported no new COVID-related deaths and reports of new cases continues to decrease.
Food pantries in Southern California are in desperate need as more families come to them for assistance.
61-year-old Richard Duke beat cancer twice in the past but was once again fighting for his life when he contracted coronavirus a couple of weeks ago.
Orange County reported 62 new cases of the novel coronavirus and no new deaths Friday, bringing the total to 1,138 cases and 17 deaths.
The Wedge will be shut down between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., and city officials have established temporary fencing from West Harbor Jetty to M Street.
The announcement came hours before the county said there were no new deaths and 67 new cases reported.
When one Orange County Fire Authority captain was sent home, along with 23 others, on March 18 after two firefighters at his station near the University of California Irvine tested positive for COVID-19, he imagined the worst.
The county now has 1,016 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 17 deaths, though the county reported some good news. The number of hospitalized patients dropped from 129 on Tuesday to 99 on Wednesday and the number of patients in intensive care decreased from 75 to 59.
Orange County officials reported 49 new cases of the novel coronavirus and one more death Tuesday, bringing the county's totals to 931 cases and 15 deaths.
Following days of protests from seniors living in Laguna Woods Village, the Ayres Hotel announced Monday the company would not be moving forward with plans to house homeless coronavirus patients for treatment at the hotel.
Horn-honking, sign-wielding seniors in Laguna Woods say they do not want a hotel feet from their retirement community to house homeless COVID-19 patients.
Ventura County has also reported 14 new cases, bringing the case total to 203. There are no new deaths.
Orange County officials entered into an agreement Thursday with the hotel chain to quickly move people indoors comes amid fears that an outbreak in the vulnerable population could strain an already fragile healthcare system.
The news comes as Orange County reported 107 new cases, its largest one-day increase to date. The county also reported three additional coronavirus-related deaths.
Orange County Tuesday reported 42 new coronavirus cases and three additional virus-related deaths, bringing the total number of cases to 502 with a total of seven fatalities.
The inmate, a 69-year-old man, was taken to the hospital Friday morning due to medical issues resulting from underlying health issues, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said.
Of the county's 321 cases, 75 residents contracted the virus through travel, 27 by person-to-person spread and 75 were community acquired. The remaining 73 cases are under investigation.
San Bernardino and Orange counties Tuesday reported their first deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus.
UC Irvine is participating in a clinical trial to test antiviral treatment for coronavirus
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County will open a drive-through food distribution service in the parking lot of Honda Center to help feed people in need of meals during the coronavirus pandemic.
It is not clear when the person was tested for the virus.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Orange County increased to 65 Friday, an increase of 12 new cases — including an Orange County Fire Authority firefighter.
An Orange County man diagnosed with COVID-19 arrived Thursday in an isolation chamber aboard a private jet at Los Angeles International Airport Thursday where a medical team in hazmat gear loaded him into an ambulance.
Hours after releasing a starkly-worded emergency order appearing to limit public and private gatherings, Orange County officials Wednesday appeared to back down from the move.
The order does not prohibit members of any household or living unit from gathering and will remain in place through March 31.
