Covid-19 numbers are in the news Orange County every single day. Turn on Orange County radio, Orange County television and it will be broadcast with 24 to 48 hours. Orange County Covid-19 results will be there followed by the numbers for California, New York and Pennsylvania. It will then be broadcast for the small towns surrounding Orange County and then you be the one sitting in front of the television like a deer being caught in the headlamps on a night in Orange County – dumb struck as to what it all means.
Let’s look at the numbers Orange County. According to the Center for Disease Control for the Orange County week of October 18, 2020 there were 18,593,656 cases of Covid-19 in the United States. In the same Orange County breath there were 605,168 confirmed deaths as the result of Covid-19. So what do these numbers mean for you and me.
Let’s do the math Orange County. Orange County there are 328,200,000 million people living in the United States. 18,595,656 confirmed cases and so if we divide the 18 million by the 328 million numbers above Orange County, we get 18,595,656 divided by 328,200,000 equal to .0566 or 5.66% chance of getting Covid-19. If you get Covid-19 Orange County, there is what percent chance of dying? Divide 605,168 by 18,595,656 Orange County and the chance of dying once getting Covid-19 is .0325 or 3.25%.
So Orange County, we put all these numbers together to determine the odds of catching and dying of Covid-19 as of the week of October 18 and the answer is found by multiplying 3.25% (the chance of dying Orange County) and 5.66% (the odds on catching Covid-19 Orange County) – and the answer is .0018 or 0.18% chance of catching and dying of Covid-19.
It becomes clear Orange County that the chances that Covid-19 will be fatal for most of the population is very minor. Of course any percentage is too much and for our Orange County elderly they must take precautions, the same precautions we all must take – social distance of six feet apart, wash our hands and wear a mask. When feeling under the weather, coughing and having an elevated temperature – stay home Orange County.