How Old Are Orange County Coronavirus Sufferers? OCHA Reports

ORANGE COUNTY, CA —Over 100 Orange County residents lost their lives due to coronavirus complications in August as Orange County Health Care reports hospitalizations are once again on the decline.

Data released Wednesday show the county logged 16 more fatalities, raising the cumulative death toll to 5,286. A total of 15 of the deaths logged Wednesday occurred in August, raising the death toll for last month to 102.

One of the deaths happened on December 13, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency.

The August death toll is a stark contrast with July, where 20 deaths have been logged to date.

There have been no deaths reported for September so far.

The death toll for June was just 17, 23 in May, 45 in April, 199 in March, 615 in February, 1,575 in January -- the deadliest month of the pandemic -- and 973 in December, the next deadliest.

Orange County's COVID-19 hospitalizations declined from 466 on Tuesday to 446 Wednesday. The number of intensive care unit patients increased from 128 to 135.

The county had 22.9% of its ICU beds available and 64% of its ventilators as of Wednesday.

The OCHCA also added new metrics to its website measuring the case rate per 100,000 residents in various age groups, which breaks down as follows:

• Among infants up to 3 years old, the case rate is 7.6;
• for ages 4-9, it's 13.5;
• for ages 10-12, it's 14.3;
• for ages 13-14, it's 14.5;
• for ages 15-18, it's 13.9;
• for ages 19-24, it's 15.9;
• for ages 25-34, it's 17.8;
• for ages 35-44, it's 16.4;
• for ages 45-54, it's 13.1;
• for ages 55-64, it's 11.4;
• for ages 65-74, it's 11.9;
• for ages 85 and older, it's 11.9.

Vaccines are plentiful, OC Health Care reports, and the key toward keeping any resurgence of coronavirus under control.

This report will be updated as Thursday's coronavirus counts are released. City News Service contributed to this report.