13 COVID-19 cases confirmed in Santa Ana

The Orange County Health Care Agency has finally confirmed, as of this afternoon, the number of COVID-19 cases on a city-by-city basis here in Orange County. We have 13 cases confirmed in Santa Ana.

The new COVID-19 charts show that the case count has been doubling about every four days. We are now currently at 321 cases. Two weeks ago, on March 13, we were at six cases.

O.C. cities leading in COVID-19 cases include:

• Unknown – 34 cases
• Irvine – 33 cases
• Newport Beach – 32 cases
• Anaheim – 28 cases
• Other – 27 cases
• Huntington Beach – 26 cases
• Orange – 11 cases
• Costa Mesa – 8 cases

There have been three COVID-19 deaths in Orange County so far. Two of those were just reported today!

For information and updates about COVID-19 from the City of Santa Ana, visit www.santa-ana.org/covid19.

Art Pedroza Editor

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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