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COVID Positive Rates In OC Drop From 8% to 6.8%
While the county's COVID-19 positive rate lowers, hospitalizations are edging up.

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While the county's COVID-19 positive rate lowers, hospitalizations are edging up.

One person was found dead on a pedestrian bridge over Harbor Boulevard early Monday.
Hospitalizations, along with fatalities related to COVID-19, have steadily increased this week.
San Juan Capistrano residents will want to avoid the Ortega Highway this weekend, as both sides of the highway will be shut down.
A family of four from Afghanistan has already arrived in the county with help from an Anaheim-based charity, Orange County supes say.
Avenatti rocketed to fame in a dispute with Donald Trump over a nondisclosure agreement between the former president and adult film star.
Salvador Dirceo Agaton was convicted for sexually assaulting and exposing himself to five girls between 4-10 years old between 2011-2013.
Dr. Grant Robicheaux and his girlfriend Cerissa Riley will return to court to see how charges will be amended in their drug and rape case.
Investigators found over 1,000 images & video of child pornography at Robles' residence, including "some images of infants," police say.
The case against Dr. Grant Robicheaux and his girlfriend Cerissa Riley continues after accusations of political gain & legal malpractice.
Each of the hospitalized children is unvaccinated, including patients 12 and over who are eligible for inoculation, OC Health Care says.
Experts note it has been 6 weeks since hospitalizations in Orange County have declined. Now, they watch the classrooms and wait.
The summer peak of coronavirus cases has not yet been reached, experts say, as we begin another week of "substantial increase" in cases.
The Orange County Fair generated over $300 million in revenue & created over 3,000 jobs for the reopening in 2021.
RHOC castmember Lori Peterson's son returns to court Friday, accused of riding in a stolen rental car, with drugs present, cops say.
Though ICUs saw a rise in 30 patients, local epidemiologists say the lack of new hospitalizations is "very good news."
She faces 25 years to life in prison, or time in a state mental health hospital—depending on her sanity trial later this month.
Huntington Beach Police say that the Saturday-morning shooting may have been related to a real estate dispute between family members.
The suspect is being held on $1 million bail and is facing felony charges for the sexual assault, torture and abuse of minors.
Potential exposure happened during transport of a suspect.