43 New Coronavirus Incidents in Newport Beach: Latest Update

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—Orange County officials reported 43 new cases of coronavirus in Newport Beach on Wednesday, of which 1,333 new cases were reported throughout Orange County. With Wednesday’s update, the total county in Orange County has increased to 20,225 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, including 7 deaths, and the death toll to 376.

Newport Beach has now confirmed a total of 494 cases of COVID-19.

According to the Orange County Health Care Agency, hospitalization surged from 659 Tuesday to 679 and the number of intensive care patients increased from 224 to 234.

“The news will remain high for the next seven days,” Orange County CEO Frank Kim told City News Services on Tuesday.

The increase in infections was expected as officials eased restrictions on economic activity, Kim said. But the infections have risen significantly in the 25-34 age group, Kim said.

“They’re the best bullets out there,” Kim said.

Mr Kim said it might explain why the intensive care unit was less affected in the hospital.

“They end up in the hospital but not in the ICU, so that’s the conclusion you can draw from, but I’m still not sure it’s true,” Kim said. data.

Kim also said that “bad people don’t admit to doing bad things” when contacting tracers, referring to dangerous behavior such as parties with friends and refusing to wear masks.

Orange County supervisor Lisa Bartlett said protests resulting from Memorial Day weekend rallies and the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota likely led to a significant increase in the spread of the infection.

On June 18, there were 6 specimens diagnosed as positive for COVID-19, but by June 24 there were 125 specimens. On June 26, the number steadily increased to 196 and then fell again.

Orange County Wednesday coronavirus totals by city.

• Old Alder: 145
• Anaheim: 3,638
• Blair: 168
• Buena Park: 559
• Costa Mesa: 612
• Hunting Reserves: 11
• Cypress: 197
• Dana Point: 78
• Fountain Valley: 186
• Fullerton: 890
• Garden Grove: 1,064
• Huntington Beach: 993
• Irvine: 648
• Hubla: 421
• La Palma: 66
• Ladera Lunch: 59
• Laguna Beach: 82
• Laguna Hills: 117
• Ragnanigel: 142
• Laguna Woods: 24
• Lake Forest: 269
• Los Alamitos: 113
• Midway City: 45
• Mission Viejo: 297
• Newport Beach: 494
• Orange: 939
• Placenta: 365
• Rancho Mission Viejo: 29
• Rancho Santa Margarita: 118
• Rossmoor: 22 (no change)
• San Clemente: 155
• San Juan Capistrano: 128
• Santa Ana: 3,930
• Seal Beach: 136
• Silverado: 10
• Stanton: 232
• Trabuco Valley: 72
• Tustin: 425
• Villa Park: 31 (no change)
• Westminster: 386
• Yorba Linda: 251

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 1,267 county infectious diseases have been from skilled nursing homes, 416 from county prisons, and 111 have been temporary.

Of those who died, 194 were from skilled nursing facilities, 14 were from life support facilities, and two were temporary. Of the 7 deaths reported since Tuesday, 3 were from skilled nursing homes.

County prisons have recovered 390 of the 416 infected since the beginning of the pandemic, but 26 are symptomatically medically isolated and authorities are waiting for the results of 46 tests. ..

County officials reported running 285,482 COVID-19 tests and recording 9,174 recalls.

The county’s case and hospitalization rates keep it on the state’s watch list, allowing the county to resume eating at restaurants and bars, among other businesses that were closed to help control the outbreak. Continue to prevent.

Incident rates in the county rose from 222 per 100,000 to 237.9 on Tuesday, well above the state’s desired goal of 25 per 100,000. The test positive rate for COVID-19 rose from 14.2% to 14.9%, above the state threshold of 8%.

Bed counts in the county’s intensive care unit fell from 40.2% on Tuesday to 39.6%. This is better than the state standard of 20%.

The proportion of available ventilators decreased from 66.7% on Tuesday to 65.8% on Wednesday, far better than the state standard of 25%.

The 3-day average change in increased inpatients decreased from 10.6% to 9.4%, just below the 10% state standard.

Mr Kim also said hospital officials have not given any warning about being able to handle the increase in patients while preparing for a recent surge on Friday.

“Sure, they manage bed capacity, but they didn’t look scared,” Kim said.

City News Service contributed to this report.

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