Orange County hospitalizations appear to be ticking back up following months of declines.
There were 204 average hospital patients in the past week, which is up 12% from 182 in the week prior. ICU patients are up 23% to 76.
There are currently 244 hospital patients and 83 ICU patients, still off significantly from the peak of 722 and 245 seen in July, but up from a recent low of 155 and 42 seen at the start of October.
The increase comes amid news of a second COVID-19 surge, with several counties in California moving into more restrictive tiers this week, such as San Diego, which moved out of the red tier and into the purple tier on Tuesday after posting a case rate above 7.
Orange County remains in the red tier, with its case rate down from 6 to 5.6 in the past week.
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