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OC COVID-19 Case Rate Falls Below State Threshold

Orange County’s coronavirus case rate has fallen below the threshold put in place by the California Department of Public Health to track how counties are faring with the virus.

The county currently has a case rate, or average new cases over two weeks, of 98.6 per 100,000 residents, which is below the state department’s threshold of 100 per 100,000 residents.

Orange County has seen a case rate over 100 since June, when the state placed the region on its monitoring list as a result of rising cases, hospitalizations and a positive test percentage.

San Diego county was removed from the watch list on Tuesday, a few days after the region’s case rate fell below the state threshold of 100 per 100,000 residents.

OC’s hospitalizations and positive testing rate also continue to fall below state thresholds.

The state tracks whether counties have seen a greater than 10% increase in the three-day average of hospitalized patients. As of Wednesday, OC’s average is down 3.9%.

Orange County currently has a 5.9% positive test rate, 2.1 points lower than the state’s threshold of 8%.

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