Orange County Reports 47 More COVID-19 Deaths as Hospitalizations Decline

The University of California—Irvine (UCI) Medical Center opened a network of field hospital rooms Dec. 29 in the center’s parking lot due to Orange County’s spike in COVID-19 cases. Drew Von Voorhis/The Epoch Times

SANTA ANA—Orange County logged 47 more COVID-19 fatalities Feb. 1, raising the cumulative death toll to 3,109, while new 1,003 new cases were reported and hospitalization rates continued on a downward trend.

The county’s cumulative case count now stands at 233,394.