Orange County Health Care Agency Saturday, Dec. 12. On the 12th, 2,091 new cases of coronavirus were reported, an increase of 99,393 cases in the county overall.
An estimated 21,381 cases have been reported in the last 14 days.
The county update reports that at least 31,605 tests have been reported in the last 24 hours, with 1,672,921 tests for coronavirus.
The county reported nine new deaths Saturday, bringing the total to 1,680. The most recent death was reported on 7 December.
Of the total 1,680 deaths reported from the virus, 607 were residents of skilled nursing facilities, 142 were in supportive subsistence facilities and four were listed as homeless.
County breakdown of death by age is as follows:
- Age 85 and over: 32.8% (551)
- 75-84: 22.02% (370)
- 65-74: 19.52% (328)
- 55-64: 13.87% (233)
- 45-54: 7.56% (127)
- 35-44: 2.5% (42)
- 25-34: 1.43% (24)
- 18-24: 0.25% (4)
- Age 17 and over: 0.06% (1)
Officials say death statistics in the county are drawn from death certificates or collected during the investigation of the case and the process could take weeks.
An estimated 67% of cases have been reported, or 65,217 people have recovered by Sunday. The number of people recovered is based on the previous 28-day accumulated case count.
The county also recorded 1,150 patients at local hospitals with coronavirus on Saturday – 28 from Friday. It surpassed the height of hospital admissions during the first outbreak of the virus in July when there were 722 people in Orange County hospitals on July 14th.
There were 273 patients listed in the ICU on Saturday. The adjustment percentage of available beds in the ICU in the county was 1.7%.
Officials insist that the data posted every day is preliminary and subject to change. More information may become available once the investigation of the individual case is completed.
You can find the Orange County Health Care Agency dashboard here.
Orange County hospitalized and ICU patients
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