Of 74 total deaths, 22 were since May 3.
Three more deaths were reported in Orange County from the coronavirus, making for a total of 74 reported deaths, according to the Saturday, May 9, daily update from the Orange County Health Care Agency.
There have been 22 deaths since May 3.
The agency also reported 146 newly confirmed cases of the virus as of Saturday, the third-highest daily total since testing began. The total cases are 3,380, with 337 of them residents in skilled nursing facilities and 259 cases among Orange County jail inmates.
(As of Monday, cases among people incarcerated in Orange County jails were moved to the “other” category, resulting in a reduction in the Orange and Santa Ana city case counts.
