25,255 Total Coronavirus Cases In Orange County, 424 Deaths

ORANGE COUNTY, CA — Just over 500 new cases of coronavirus were reported Monday in Orange County, on a day when California's governor announced major rollbacks in business openings. Indoor dining, malls, movie theaters, zoos and more are now closed to visitors amid a new coronavirus shutdown.

In Orange County, 540 people contracted COVID, adding to the combined total of 25,255 positive cases.

One more person has died, Monday. To date, 424 people have died of coronavirus related disease. Over half of those were residents of skilled nursing and assisted living facilities.

Just over 314,000 people have been tested for the virus since testing began, and according to the Orange County Health Care Agency, 10,554 people have recovered since contracting the disease.

In Orange County, here are Sunday's coronavirus totals by city:

• Aliso Viejo: 194
• Anaheim: 4,385
• Brea: 222
• Buena Park: 691
• Costa Mesa: 773
• Coto de Caza: 13
• Cypress: 240
• Dana Point: 118
• Fountain Valley: 252
• Fullerton: 1,165
• Garden Grove: 1,318
• Huntington Beach: 1,251
• Irvine: 808
• La Habra: 554
• La Palma: 82
• Ladera Ranch: 80
• Laguna Beach: 94
• Laguna Hills: 149
• Laguna Niguel: 184
• Laguna Woods: 32 (unchanged)
• Lake Forest: 366
• Los Alamitos: 129
• Midway City: 52
• Mission Viejo: 395
• Newport Beach: 595
• Orange: 1,153
• Placentia: 451
• Rancho Mission Viejo: 37 (no change)
• Rancho Santa Margarita: 167
• Rossmoor: 25
• San Clemente: 204
• San Juan Capistrano: 168
• Santa Ana: 4,805
• Seal Beach: 153
• Silverado: 15 (no change)
• Stanton: 285
• Trabuco Canyon: 98 (no change)
• Tustin: 536
• Villa Park: 33 (no change)
• Westminster: 476
• Yorba Linda: 327

With Orange County school districts making determinations for the fall semester, the Orange County Board of Education announced a proposal to return to school with no masks and no social distancing.

A meeting of the school board Monday prompted community response and was met with much opposition by area teachers and parents.

More testing across the county was underway, Monday, with a large active coronavirus testing site now open for residents and workers in the city of Irvine.

The county's recent rise in infections was expected as officials relaxed restrictions on economic activity, Orange County CEO Frank Kim said earlier this week, while noting there has been a significant rise in infections in young adults.

"One of the interesting or concerning dynamics we've seen in the positivity rate over the last several weeks is we've seen this rise in new infections in the younger population, 17 to 24 and 24 to 34," Kim said.

Infections in those age groups has raced upward "dramatically faster" recently, Kim said.

They are not necessarily requiring hospitalization at the same rate as older groups, he said, "but, obviously, they have parents and uncles out in the community," who are also getting sick.

Dr. Clayton Chau, the Orange County Health Care Agency director and interim public health officer, said "these trends are very concerning. We can expect it to impact our health care system and get worse in the coming weeks."

The county's hospitals are "actively preparing" for a surge of patients, and it could mean fewer beds for patients without the virus, Chau said.

Chau implored seniors and residents with underlying health issues to "stay at home as much as possible."

City News Service contributed to this report.

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