November 19, 2020 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: OC residents face statewide Coronavirus curfew beginning Saturday
UC Irvine epidemiologist Daniel Parker said the transmission rates are already at alarming levels. “The new cases are high now. It’s not good. So, weeks from now, we’re still going to see these cases and hospitalizations climbing — maybe even faster.
Voice of OC: What did Orange County voters tell us this past election?
At about 87 percent, the turnout was only outdone by the 1960 and 1964 election, which was 90 percent but featured a much smaller electorate of about 400,000 compared to today’s registered voter base of 1.7 million.
Voice of OC: OC reveals a slice of how it spent federal coronavirus relief money
Orange County officials have publicly detailed how they’ve spent about 7% of the half-billion dollars in federal coronavirus relief funds the county obtained in April, while so far declining to reveal the rest.
Voice of OC: County continues to report increasing virus hospitalizations heading into December
Orange County’s daily coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to increase as Thanksgiving draws near, while county residents are being urged to limit the size of their holiday celebrations.
Daily Pilot: As pandemic retightens grip, Orange County’s largest health insurer names new leader
Richard Sanchez, who served on the board of CalOptima, takes the reigns as the insurer’s membership numbers increase, lifted by residents facing new financial hurdles amid the pandemic economy. CalOptima serves the poor and homeless with Medi-Cal in Orange County.
California
KTLA: State EDD continues sending mail with social security info despite reports of fraud
California’s unemployment benefits agency, which has reported a deluge of fraudulent claims, has sent out more than 38 million pieces of mail containing Social Security numbers since the COVID-19 pandemic began, despite a call last year for the practice to stop because it could lead to identity theft, the state auditor warned Thursday.
KTLA: State eclipses weekly average of 10,000 new COVID-19 cases for first time
Over the one-week period that ended Wednesday, the state, on average, recorded more than 10,000 new cases each day — an unprecedented figure that has more than tripled from a month ago, according to a Los Angeles Times analysis.
Publication Date: November 19, 2020
