Orange County's COVID-19 Hospitalizations Jump Nearly 12% Overnight - NBC Southern California

The number of county residents hospitalized with the virus jumped sharply, from 534 on Saturday to 597, with the number of patients in intensive care rising from 138 to 148, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency.

The county has 25% of its intensive care unit beds and 63% of its ventilators available.

Orange County CEO Frank Kim said earlier this week that he was "very concerned" about the rise in cases and hospitalizations.

"But this is not just going to be like another July and go away," Noymer said.

"At the end of next week we'll be back to July (levels),'' Noymer said.

The worst day for COVID-19 hospitalizations in Orange County was July 14, when there were 722 patients.