Forty-four new deaths were reported by the county on Sunday, bringing the total COVID fatalities to 3,062. More than a third of the reported deaths, 1,187, were in January.
County deaths data is compiled from death certificates or collected through case investigations and can take weeks to process. The last recorded death was on January 22.
The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 1,355 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, Jan. 31, raising the cumulative total in the county to 232,391 cases since the tracking began.
The county also reported 1,412 patients in local hospitals, 30 fewer than the previous report. 392 patients were listed in intensive care units on Sunday, two fewer than Saturday’s report. Hospital patient totals are roughly at the same level as mid-December.
In Orange County, an estimated 21,578 cases of the virus have been recorded in the past 14 days.
According to the county update, 2,681,673 tests have been conducted for the coronavirus since tests began locally, with at least 16,044 new tests since the previous report.
Of the cumulative 3,062 deaths reported from the virus, 830 were skilled nursing home residents, 329 lived in assisted living facilities, one was an OC inmate, and five were listed as homeless.
The breakdown of the number of deaths by age in the province is as follows:
- 85 and older: 33.96% (1040, 14+)
- 75-84: 23.22% (711, 7 higher)
- 65-74: 19.37% (593, up 10)
- 55-64: 13.26% (406.5 up)
- 45-54: 6.56% (201, 2 up)
- 35-44: 2.32% (71.6 up)
- 25-34: 1.08% (33)
- 18-24: 0.2% (6)
- 17 and younger: 0.03% (1)
It is estimated that 175,513 people have recovered from the virus as of Sunday. The number of people who have recovered is based on the cumulative number of cases in the past 28 days.
The data posted every day is preliminary and subject to change, officials stress. More information may become available as individual studies are completed.
You can find the Orange County Health Care Agency dashboard here.
Hospital admissions in Orange County and ICU patients:
The California Vaccination Stages:
