Ambulances are waiting longer to offload patients into emergency rooms in Orange County, echoing a similar problem in Los Angeles County as coronavirus infections increase. In Orange County, at least nine hospitals have set up surge tents to increase capacity. For the final week of 2021, for every 100,000 Orange County residents, 29 were newly diagnosed as coronavirus cases. In Orange County on Jan. 4, 2021, there were 2,236 coronavirus-positive patients in hospitals, including 504 in the ICU. Unvaccinated people are roughly four times as likely to test positive for the coronavirus in Orange County.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 06, 2022 21:55 UTC