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Coronavirus: Orange County reported 372 new cases and 26 new deaths as of Aug. 21
The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 372 new cases of the coronavirus as of Friday, Aug. 21, bringing the cumulative total of positive tests to 45,308 cases.
An estimated 12,490 new cases have been reported in the last 30 days.
There were also 26 new deaths reported in Orange County on Friday, raising the death toll to 882 people.
The data on deaths in the county is compiled from death certificates or gathered through the course of case investigation and can take weeks to process, officials say. The most recent deaths were on Aug. 15.
Of the 882 deaths, 339 were skilled nursing facility residents, 50 were in assisted living facilities and one was listed as homeless.
It is estimated that more than three quarters of the cumulative reported cases, or 36,830 as of Friday, have recovered. The count of people who have recovered is based on the prior 28-day cumulative case count.
The county reports a total of 581,360 tests have been given since testing began in March, and at least 9,429 tests were reported in the last 24 hours.
According to the California Department of Health, there were at least 5,900 new cases of COVID-19 in Orange County in the 14-day period from Aug.7 to Aug. 20.
The state agency also reports 443 hospitalized patients in the 14-day period from Aug. 7 to Aug. 20 (suspected and positive) in 33 hospitals across the county. The county has 30% of it’s ICU beds available.
There were 117 patients in ICUs as of Friday, the lowest level since late May.
The county’s breakdown of deaths by age is as follows:
- 85 and older: 31% (270)
- 75-84: 22% (196)
- 65-74: 20% (179)
- 55-64: 13% (124)
- 45-54: 9% (73)
- 35-44: 3% (26)
- 25-34: 1.3% (13)
- 18-24: <1% (3)
- 17 and younger: 0% (1)
Data posted each day is preliminary and subject to change, officials emphasize. More information may become available as individual case investigations are completed.
You can find the Orange County Health Care Agency dashboard here.
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Orange County total cases by ZIP code for Aug. 20:
Case demographics as of Aug. 20: