Gov. Newsom: Orange County has fourth highest number of coronavirus hospitalizations in CA [April 29 update]

Gov. Newsom: Orange County has fourth highest number of coronavirus hospitalizations in CA [April 29 update]

Despite the county hospitalization numbers, County Health Officer Nichole Quick said OC is seeing the virus spread slow down. … And Quick said County health officials are gearing up to conduct blood tests on 1,500 OC residents to determine how many people have had the virus before, using a representative sample from different parts of the county. It’s part of an effort with researchers from the University of California, Irvine. … Quick also said they’re also speaking with UCI researchers for a larger antibody study and she’ll have more information at next Tuesday’s meeting