22,945 new cases reported in Orange County – Orange County Register
The OC Health Care Agency reported 22,945 new coronavirus cases over the weekend, bringing the cumulative total since tracing began in the county to 397,805 on Monday, January 10.
On average, weekend total cases equal about 7,648 cases per day.
The county has reported at least 5,000 or more cases per day for the past two weeks.
County panel variation tracking revealed that the omicron variant was the majority of cases that were sequenced. The most recent update was on January 2. The chart below shows variations by disease week.
As of Monday, 964 people, up from 779 on January 7, were reported hospitalized with COVID-19 in Orange County, including 140 patients in the intensive care unit. One year ago, on January 10, Orange County had 2,221 people hospitalized with coronavirus.
The county reported two more deaths Monday, bringing the virus death toll in Orange County to 5,908.
Data on deaths in the county is compiled from death certificates or collected through case investigations and can take weeks to process. The most recent death recorded was on December 31.
Of the 5,908 deaths reported from the virus, 1,221 were residents of skilled nursing facilities, 647 were in assisted living facilities, two were OC prisoners, and 19 were listed. is homeless.
An estimated 312,924 people have recovered from the disease. The number of people who have recovered is based on the previous 28 days of cumulative cases.
The data posted each day is preliminary and subject to change, officials stressed. More information may be available when the individual case investigation is completed.
You can find the Orange County Health Care Authority dashboard here.
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