COVID-19 Rates and Hospitalizations Continue to Climb

COVID-19 Rates and Hospitalizations Continue to Climb
Licensed vocational nurse Jelisa Stewart prepares a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for farmworkers at a County of Santa Clara mobile vaccination clinic at Monterey Mushrooms in Morgan Hill, Calif., on March 3, 2021. Jeff Chiu/AP Photo
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SANTA ANA—Hospitalizations for COVID-19 increased again in Orange County as the Delta variant continues to fuel a resurgence of infections.

The county reported 290 more infections, raising the total since the start of the pandemic to 259,985.