The latest increase in COVID-19 cases in Orange County continues a multiday trend even as officials push to lift coronavirus restrictions.
The county has reported nearly 4,000 cases and 80 deaths and recorded its highest daily increase Thursday.One reason, officials say, is that more people are becoming infected in nursing homes and jails, settings that allow rapid spread.“Most is due to a volume of cases identified in nursing homes and jails in the past two weeks,” county Health Care Agency Director Clayton Chau said about the recent surge. “The congregate care population accounts for a fair proportion.
Of those who have tested positive for COVID-19, 430 have been residents of skilled nursing facilities and 335 have been Orange County jail inmates. Nursing home residents also account for one-fourth of the county’s coronavirus-linked fatalities. No deaths have been reported among jail inmates so far. “The infection rate within those congregate living environments has hit Orange County in a delayed manner, compared to some of our large urban peers, but it is here now in Orange County and we have to step up the amount of testing and protocols for cleaning,” said County Executive Officer Frank Kim.
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