Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations keep climbing

“The hospitalizations continue to rise, and you have to figure that the incidental cases don’t account for most of that — because that’s kind of a fixed quantity if someone comes in for a broken ankle and they test positive,” said Andrew Noymer, an epidemiologist and UC Irvine [associate professor of public health]. … The biggest deal is hospitalizations are increasing, and that’s regrettable. … “I think we’re going to be in for a few more days of increases.”