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Orange County continues to see a decline in coronavirus hospitalizations after numbers spiked last month because of the wave of cases in June, but virus hot spots remain in Anaheim and Santa Ana.
Both West Anaheim and Santa Ana are home to many Latino immigrant families for whom English is not their first language.
The state Department of Public Health put a hold on any reopening waiver applications because of coronavirus data reporting problems.
OC’s coronavirus hospitalization numbers continue to be dogged by uncertainty, with the numbers of reported patients dropping over the past week.
Four months into the pandemic, OC Health Care Agency officials still struggle to get the public timely, accurate data about how many people are dying from or in the hospital.
OC hospital employees are increasingly tired after hospitalizations saw a dramatic increase since the beginning of June and have remained somewhat steady, but high, the past week.
While it seems that the number of people hospitalized for Coronavirus in OC stabilized this week, there is concern that daily death counts seem to be creeping up.
OC public health director: Dine-in closures aim to curb infections.
Hospitals in the county are now likely to see even more virus patients in the coming weeks after two weeks of sharp increases of newly-reported cases.
This week, OC officials reiterated they have no current plans to publish such a list, citing concerns about fairness and cooperation.