Orange and Los Angeles Counties Continue Downward COVID Trend

County of Los Angeles paramedics administer oxygen to a potential COVID-19 patient on the sidewalk in front his building before taking him to a hospital in Hawthorne, Calif., on Jan. 21, 2021. Apu Gomes/Getty Images

SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 1,355 new cases of COVID-19 and 44 additional deaths Jan. 31, bringing the county’s totals to 232,391 cases and 3,062 fatalities.

The number of CCP virus patients in county hospitals continued its downward trend, declining from 1,442 Jan. 31 to 1,412, with the number of patients in intensive care dropping from 394 to 392.