Orange County has moved to the average COVID-19 network point in accordance with the most recent network point measures published through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), OC’s Health Care Agency (HCA) announced. Due to a buildup in the respiratory virus and the onset of flu season, HCA reminds all citizens that it is imperative to get the updated COVID-19 booster and seasonal flu vaccine as soon as possible.
The CDC determines COVID-19 network grades based on the number of local COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 hospital admissions, and COVID-19 hospitalized patient occupancy in the week afterward. During the week since, the backlog of new hospital admissions for COVID-19 has moved Orange County from low to medium COVID-19 network grades. CDC is offering COVID-19 network grades at this level of the pandemic as a public fitness tool to inform communities and Americans when preventive measures should be taken to protect those in building upgrade threats and to maintain health care capability. For more information, visit: CDC.
“The worsening of COVID-19 at the point of the network indicates an increased threat to more Americans catching COVID-19 this winter,” said Dr. Brown. Regina Chinsio-Kwong, county fitness officer. ” To reduce the possibility of more hospitalizations, the network is encouraged to take extra precautions to the maximum at risk. This includes getting vaccinated and wearing masks indoors.
In addition to COVID-19, Orange County and the U. S. U. S. cases are experiencing a sharp increase in flu cases, far beyond the numbers of recent years right now. death from influenza and vaccination to lessen the threat of such outcomes.
The HCA recommends that citizens take preventive measures to minimize the threat of serious illness. The “individual prevention behaviors” and “network point public fitness prevention strategies” based on CDC’s MEDIUM and LOW network points are as follows.
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