Orange County Sees Uptick in COVID-19 Statistics

A patient receives his first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine at the the Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove March 10, 2021. Courtesy of The County of Orange

SANTA ANA, Calif. —Orange County’s COVID-19 statistics reflected modest increases in a weekly update released July 6, but hospitalization rates have held steady since last week.

According to state data released every Tuesday, the county’s average daily new case rate per 100,000 residents edged up from 1 last week to 1.5, while the overall test positivity rate ticked up from 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent.