Orange County health officials reported 37 more coronavirus cases Monday, bringing the total number to 464.
No new deaths were reported, leaving the county’s total at four. The first death, which was reported last Tuesday, involved a 75-year-old man who was hospitalized March 17 and died two days later. Two deaths were reported Friday and a fourth was reported Saturday, but no further information was released about those patients.
As of Monday, 5,522 people have been tested for COVID-19 in the county.
Of the total confirmed cases, 57% are men, 38% are between the ages of 45 and 64, 17% are between 35 and 44, 17% are between 25 and 34, 10% are between 18 and 24, and 18% are over 65. One person is a child whose gender and age were not specified.
Officials with the city of Anaheim, which has the most cases in the county at 42, released a statement Sunday cautioning the public that the cases “don’t necessarily represent new spread of the virus in our community but rather detection of existing cases with more testing.”
“That is actually a good thing,” according to the statement. “Patients will be treated and isolated and they recover.”
Newport Beach has 41 cases.
Officials have said they have shifted policy on cities with populations of less than 25,000, such as Laguna Beach, and will begin releasing their statistics, as well.
Twenty-eight new diagnoses were reported by 1 p.m. Sunday. Eighty-five new cases were recorded on Saturday, and 70 on Friday.