OC Cases Continue to Fall

Coronavirus cases continue to hit new lows each week in Orange County with about 30 average cases reported each day on average last week.

That’s down from about 35 the week prior, and from 179 a year ago.

Orange County is in the least restrictive yellow tier for the third consecutive week with an average case rate of 0.9 per 100,000 residents.

There are about 60 current hospitalized patients and 16 in the ICU, down from 296 and 124 a year ago.