COVID-19 Hospitalizations Drop Again in Orange County

Amanda Parsons, a registered nurse on staff at the Northwood Care facility, prepares a dose of the Moderna vaccine in Halifax on January 11, 2021. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press

SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 113 new cases of COVID-19 and 45 additional deaths on March 21.

The county’s hospitalizations for COVID-19—a key metric officials are eyeing in this phase of the pandemic—dropped to 187 on March 21 from 197 on March 20, with the number of patients in intensive care remaining at 43, the Orange County Health Care Agency reported.