Orange County reported 227 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and four more deaths on Saturday, bringing the county’s total to 51,873 cases and 1,127 casualties.
According to the Orange County Health Care Agency, the number of intensive care unit patients in the county increased from 64 to 64 in the county from Friday to Friday. 65 is done.
None of the four lives reported on Saturday are skilled nursing or support-living facility residents. Since the epidemic began, 423 skilled-nursing facility residents and 77 support-accommodation facility residents have contracted coronavirus.
The OHCA reported that Saturday 786,88. COVID-19 tests have been taken, with 8,844 reports on Saturday. There have been 46,598 documentary recoveries recovered.
The county’s daily case count per 100,000 people dropped from 5.2 last week to 4.7, and the seven-day rate of residents testing positive for coronavirus fell from 4.2% last week to 3.9%.
To move from the most restricted red level to the orange level in the state’s four-tier monitoring system, the county should have a new case rate of 1 to 3.9 per 100,000 per day and a positivity rate of 2 to 4.9%.
Orange County was upgraded from the most restricted purple level to the red level last week. The move allowed for the resumption of indoor operations for churches, theaters and other businesses, but instead has strict limits on capacity and other health measures.
Theaters, restaurants and churches are limited to 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is less. Museums, zoos and aquariums were also allowed to reopen indoor activities with a capacity of 25%. Shopping centers were given the green light to expand from 25% capacity to half-capacity under the red level, while the gym was allowed to reopen at 10% capacity.
All schools will be allowed to reopen for class instruction by Tuesday, OCHCA director Dr. Clayton Chow said. The county has approved 140 elementary schools to resume through the state’s waiver process, he said.
The return to personal notice will be phased out, Chou told reporters on Thursday. Some school districts will remain on distance education, and some will reopen, he said.
Due to the coronavirus epidemic, students from all districts started the school year with full learning online.
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved plans to establish drive-through flu vaccine clinics in every district of the county to help prevent this fall flu and the possible “tiny black” of Covid-1 of, and with its plans the Asian-Pacific Islander, Middle East. And expand the test to reach residents of North African heritage.
“The Latino community is the hottest spot in the county, but the next highest API community as well as the Middle East and North African,” said Supervisor Andrew Doe. “This shows that the board is very active in trying to consider potential hot spots.”
Officials in major locations such as theme parks in Orange County cities have appealed to the state this week for guidance on reopening so they can prepare better. The March 14 state shutdown order affected Knott’s Berry Farm at Disneyland, Anaheim Convention Center, Honda Center and Anaheim’s Angel Stadium and Buena Park.
The government plans to make an announcement “soon” regarding the reopening of guidelines for theme parks, Gavin News reported Wednesday.
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