Laguna Beach Coronavirus Update: 173 Confirmed Cases

Laguna Beach CA

26 August, 2020

6:10 PM

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LAGUNA BEACH, CA — On Wednesday, officials reported 448 new cases of coronavirus Wednesday, raising the cumulative total to 47,090. Seven county residents were reported to have died as a result of coronavirus, Wednesday. In Laguna Beach, a total of 173 residents have contracted the virus, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. The county reported 912 deaths on Tuesday, but it was later determined one of the fatalities lived outside of Orange County, so the death toll was knocked down to 911. As of Wednesday, 918 people have died as a result of coronavirus since the pandemic began. Of those who died, four were skilled nursing facility residents and three lived in assisted living facilities. Of the total death toll, 351 were skilled nursing facility residents and 59 lived in assisted living facilities. The county's data on hospitalizations and other key metrics have been moving in the right direction, with the rate of county residents testing positive for COVID-19 at 5.2%, below the state's desired threshold of 8%. Hospitalizations went up from 385 to 399 on Wednesday, with the number of intensive care unit patients remaining at 113. The county's case rate per 100,000 residents dropped from 83.3 to 80.7, which is still far higher than the California Department of Public Health threshold of 25 per 100,000 residents. The county has 28% of intensive care unit beds available, which is better than the state's 20% threshold. And the county's hospitals have 58% of their ventilators available, well above the state standard of 25%. The change in three-day average of hospitalized patients stands at 0.3%, much lower than the 10% state standard. The OCHCA reported that 611,144 COVID-19 tests have been conducted, including 5,649 reported on Wednesday. There have been 39,129 documented recoveries. The COVID-19 Cases by City as of Wednesday is as follows: Aliso Viejo - 325 Total CasesAnaheim - 8073 Total CasesBrea - 430 Total CasesBuena Park - 1348 Total CasesCosta Mesa - 1590 Total CasesCoto de Caza - 34 Total CasesCypress - 487 Total CasesDana Point - 230 Total CasesFountain Valley - 456 Total CasesFullerton - 2136 Total CasesGarden Grove - 2557 Total CasesHuntington Beach - 2126 Total CasesIrvine - 1429 Total CasesLa Habra - 1231 Total CasesLa Palma - 140 Total CasesLadera Ranch - 149 Total CasesLaguna Beach - 173 Total CasesLaguna Hills - 278 Total CasesLaguna Niguel - 359 Total CasesLaguna Woods - 51 Total CasesLake Forest - 747 Total CasesLos Alamitos - 147 Total CasesMidway City - 110 Total CasesMission Viejo - 699 Total CasesNewport Beach - 1008 Total CasesOrange - 2144 Total CasesPlacentia - 812 Total CasesRancho Mission Viejo - 56 Total CasesRancho Santa Margarita - 294 Total CasesRossmoor - 56 Total CasesSan Clemente - 421 Total CasesSan Juan Capistrano - 405 Total CasesSanta Ana - 9132 Total CasesSeal Beach - 250 Total CasesSilverado - 43 Total CasesStanton - 591 Total CasesTrabuco Canyon - 169 Total CasesTustin - 1118 Total CasesVilla Park - 46 Total CasesWestminster - 903 Total CasesYorba Linda - 615 Total Cases City News Service, Patch Editor Ashley Ludwig contributed to this report.