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The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 4,406 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, January 2, bringing the cumulative total in the county to 161,589 cases since follow-up began.
The county reported 26 deaths on Saturday, bringing the total number of reported deaths to 1,901. The most recent death on record was on December 26.
The county also reported 2,097 patients at local hospitals with the coronavirus on Saturday. That’s a decrease of 31 patients from Thursday’s report.
The county did not update the numbers on Friday, January 1, those numbers are reflected here and will not be updated on Sunday, January 3, due to scheduled maintenance with the California Department of Public Health.
There were 501 patients listed in intensive care units on Saturday, as intensive care capacity shrinks in southern California. The percentages here have been adjusted by state public health officials to represent the high levels of COVID-19 patients among all intensive care patients. More real beds may be available.
An estimated 38,161 cases of the virus have been recorded in Orange County in the past 14 days.
The county update says 2,076,496 tests have been done for the coronavirus since testing began locally, with at least 23,385 new tests since the previous report.
Of the 1,901 cumulative deaths reported from the virus, 640 were residents of skilled nursing facilities, 183 were in assisted living facilities, and four were considered homeless.
The distribution of deaths by age in the county is as follows:
- 85 and over: 33.77% (623)
- 75 to 84: 22.3% (424)
- 65 to 74: 19.46% (370)
- 55 to 64: 13.83% (263)
- 45 to 54: 7.52% (143)
- 35 to 44: 2.37% (45)
- 25 to 34 years old: 1.42% (27)
- 18-24 years old: 0.26% (5)
- 17 and under: 0.05% (1)
Data on deaths in the county is compiled from death certificates or collected during case investigations and can take weeks to process, officials said.
About 91.69 people are estimated to have recovered on Saturday. The number of people who have recovered is based on the cumulative number of previous 28 days.
Data released each day is preliminary and subject to change, officials say. Further information may become available as investigations of individual cases are completed.
You can find the Orange County Health Care Agency dashboard here.
Orange County Hospitalizations and Critical Care Patients:
California regions and ICU capacity for January 2
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