Orange County Health Care Agency-sponsored vaccination clinics will be discontinued by end of this year and Covid-19 Public Health Emergency proclamations are expected to end in early 2023. The agency announced on […]
Health Officials urge vaccination as Delta surge worsens
After months of decline, the number of COVID-19 patients in Orange County has spiked. As of the third week of August, Orange County has recorded approximately 650 new positive COVID cases each […]
Orange County Move to Yellow Tier Allows More Openings
Effective May 19, California’s Department of Public Health has allowed Orange County to move into the Yellow Tier of the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy. OC secured the change in status […]
First OC Vaccination Super Site to Open at Disneyland Resort
The first of five planned “Super Point-of-Dispensing” (POD) sites is scheduled to open at Anaheim’s Disneyland Resort later this week to provide vaccinations against COVID-19. Orange County residents and those who work […]
First COVID-19 Vaccines in Orange County Given to Orange Hospital Workers
The first vaccines in Orange County to prevent COVID-19 were administered to five health care workers at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange this morning. Michael Lowman, a nurse from St. Joseph’s COVID-19 […]
Dramatic Increase in COVID-19 Forces Return of Restrictive Health Measures
Rising Cases of COVID-19 Orange County’s rates of coronavirus transmission are spiking once again, with metrics in most categories steadily rising in recent weeks. Daily reports of new COVID-19 cases are now […]
State Moves OC Back to Purple Tier, Requiring Closures to Slow COVID-19
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced Monday that Orange County had been moved from the Red Tier, or second most restrictive, to the Purple, or most restrictive tier of the […]
