Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations have eclipsed the peak of the first wave in July 2020, and officials on Friday reported a child younger than 5 has succumbed to the disease.
During the first virus wave in the summer of 2020, hospitalizations peaked July 14 at 722.
In every other sense, however,"it's pretty much the same as before," Noymer said of this wave."I don't think it has peaked. I still don't think it will exceed last January. I won't give you a water-tight guarantee on that, but I don't think it will." The county has officially sequenced 292 cases of the Omicron variant as of Sunday, the latest data available, according to the OCHCA's data.
“It's hospitalizations is where it's at," Noymer said of gauging the pace of the wave."The testing is all over the place. ... And right now it's overwhelmed. I've heard stories it's hard to get tests.” “Everyone's buying an at-home test from CVS or Walmart and Amazon and there is a QR code so technically you should scan the QR code so there's a record, but I suspect very few people are doing that," Kim said.
Noymer encouraged residents to get a booster shot. He noted that most people completed the two-dose regimen of the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna as of July, so they are eligible for a booster shot and should get one as soon as possible. Orange County Supervisor Lisa Bartlett said Tuesday that county officials are encouraging hospitals to erect surge tents to help with triaging patients, as was done during last winter's surge.
Starting Thursday, anyone wanting to use the Mission Viejo Library must make an appointment so the staff can socially distance patrons.In contrast, the death toll before the more contagious Delta variant fueled a summer surge was 31 in July, 19 for June, 26 for May, 47 for April, 202 for March and 620 for February.
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