“Our hearts break for our neighbors lost to this pandemic,” county health officials wrote Sunday on Twitter. “We ALL have the power to protect each other and #stopthesurge.”AdvertisementMore than 124,000 Orange County residents have been infected throughout the pandemic, and officials say nearly 73,000 of those have recovered. Almost 1,800 county residents have died from COVID-19. Orange County is far from alone in rewriting the coronavirus record books. San Diego County health officials on Friday also reported a record number of COVID-19 cases, 3,611.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 21, 2020 19:34 UTC