Hospitalizations for COVID-19 Continue to Drop in Orange County

Nurses collect swab tests for COVID-19 at a new, large-scale testing site at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif., on July 15, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS)—Hospitalization rates are continuing to trend downward in Orange County, California, which reported 886 new COVID-19 diagnoses that officials said was the result in part of a backlog of cases.

The Orange County Health Care Agency on Aug. 10 also lowered the death toll by two after discovering duplicates, bringing it down to 724. The cumulative caseload now stands at 40,527.