Laguna Beach Coronavirus Case Totals Hold At 135 Tuesday

Laguna Beach CA

18 August, 2020

7:03 PM

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LAGUNA BEACH, CA — Orange County reported 287 new cases of COVID-19 and five more deaths Tuesday, raising the county's totals to 44,212 cases and 815 fatalities since the pandemic began. In Laguna Beach, a total of 135 residents have tested positive for coronavirus since the pandemic began. Of the five deaths reported Tuesday, two people were skilled nursing facility residents. Two more were assisted living facility residents. One of the people who died, was as a result of community spread, according to Orange County Health Care Agency. Of those who have died in Orange County since the pandemic began, 457 were men and 357 were women, the county reports. The ages of those who have died as a result of COVID-19: 0 to 17: no deaths18 to 24: 3 deaths25-34: 12 deaths35 to 44: 25 deaths45 to 54: 70 deaths55 to 64: 105 deaths65 to 74: 169 deaths75 to 84: 180 deaths85 and up: 251 deathsAccording to recent totals, the rate of county residents who tested positive for COVID-19 decreased from 6.8% to 6.2%, below the state's desired threshold of 8%. Orange County remains on the state watch list, though. As of Tuesday, the county's case rate per 100,000 residents dropped from 109.7 to 106.4, which is far higher than the California Department of Public Health threshold of 25 per 100,000 residents. The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 in the county has stayed on a downward trend, dropping from 414 Monday to 409 Tuesday. Of those, the number of ICU patients has dropped from 132 to 124. The change in the three-day average of hospitalized patients went from -3.3% to -4.8%, which is lower than the state's threshold. The county had 31% of intensive care unit beds available Tuesday, which is better than the state's 20% threshold. And the county's hospitals also have 56% of their ventilators available, well above the state standard of 25%. The Orange County Public Health Care Agency reported that 560,104 COVID-19 tests have been conducted, including 6,282 reported Tuesday. An estimated 35,421 residents have recovered from coronavirus, according to reports. Across Orange County, the cumulative case counts are as follows: Aliso Viejo - 310 Total CasesAnaheim - 7568 Total CasesBrea - 405 Total CasesBuena Park - 1271 Total CasesCosta Mesa - 1439 Total CasesCoto de Caza - 31 Total CasesCypress - 463 Total CasesDana Point - 217 Total CasesFountain Valley - 427 Total CasesFullerton - 2001 Total CasesGarden Grove - 2408 Total CasesHuntington Beach - 1956 Total CasesIrvine - 1349 Total CasesLa Habra - 1134 Total CasesLa Palma - 138 Total CasesLadera Ranch - 135 Total CasesLaguna Beach - 153 Total CasesLaguna Hills - 254 Total CasesLaguna Niguel - 331 Total CasesLaguna Woods - 47 Total CasesLake Forest - 706 Total CasesLos Alamitos - 139 Total CasesMidway City - 101 Total CasesMission Viejo - 661 Total CasesNewport Beach - 955 Total CasesOrange - 2033 Total CasesPlacentia - 776 Total CasesRancho Mission Viejo - 52 Total CasesRancho Santa Margarita - 278 Total CasesRossmoor - 56 Total CasesSan Clemente - 387 Total CasesSan Juan Capistrano - 364 Total CasesSanta Ana - 8639 Total CasesSeal Beach - 243 Total CasesSilverado - 43 Total CasesStanton - 556 Total CasesTrabuco Canyon - 163 Total CasesTustin - 1051 Total CasesVilla Park - 46 Total CasesWestminster - 831 Total CasesYorba Linda - 580 Total CasesCase counts had been up and down for about a week due to a backlog with the state's system, but OCHCA officials reported Thursday that their statistics were up to date. As students report back to school, Orange County officials are also keeping an eye on coronavirus cases among children. The state is allowing schools in grades up to sixth to apply for a waiver from all online learning. As of Tuesday, 446 children up to 3 years old have tested positive for COVID-19, 617 children 4-9 years old have been infected, 468 between 10 and 12 have tested positive, 441 between 13 and 14 have contracted COVID-19, and 1,563 between 15 and 18 have tested positive. City News Service, Patch editor Ashley Ludwig contributed to this report.