County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Continue to Drop

A COVID-19 testing site staff member uses a pulse oximeter to screen a driver at a drive-up testing site at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, Calif., Nov. 17, 2020. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 1,187 new cases of COVID-19 and 46 additional deaths Feb. 7, bringing the county’s totals to 238,264 cases and 3,358 fatalities.

The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals has continued its downward trend, declining from 1,164 Feb. 6 to 1,093, and the number of patients in intensive care decreased from 347 to 335, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency.