Orange County’s COVID-19 Metrics Show Marked Decline

Health care workers prepare an ICU room at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, Calif., on March 30, 2021. Mario Tama/Getty Images

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County’s weekly COVID-19 case and positivity rates showed significant declines today as hospitalizations also dropped, providing more evidence the county is emerging from the summer surge.

“The numbers are all looking good, so I'd say keep it up Orange County,” Andrew Noymer, an epidemiologist and UC Irvine professor of population health and disease prevention, told City News Service. “It’s pretty clear that we’re going to get through this summer without exceeding last summer’s peak.”