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This week, OC officials reiterated they have no current plans to publish such a list, citing concerns about fairness and cooperation.
The drive-through site is expected to increase the county’s testing capacity by about 10 percent amid a shortage that’s been leading to week-long wait times.
Orange County is among many regions facing shortages on two key components to slow Coronavirus spread – testing and contact tracing.
Earlier in the pandemic, county officials said their inspectors were required to implement the state’s pandemic health orders on restaurants and other businesses.
In response to questions for this article, state officials said for the first time Wednesday they would soon be publicly disclosing hospital-specific data.
OC health officials are issuing a dire warning about an ongoing surge of coronavirus patients at local hospitals they expect to worsen in the coming weeks.
Orange County Coronavirus hospitalizations are now rising faster than at any other point in the pandemic.
Restaurant owners who suffered from a lack of sit-down dining business during the more restrictive months of the pandemic had to shutter again amid Coronavirus outbreaks and case spikes.
Residents of Santa Ana and Anaheim are home to 20 percent of the county population but 40 percent of county residents who have tested positive for coronavirus.
In the past two weeks 83 people have died in Orange County and 364 people were in the hospital on Tuesday.