How accurate are Orange County’s COVID hospital stats?

Policy decisions amid the pandemic often rely on data that can appear confusing or inconsistent  – so it may not be surprising some Orange County officials are questioning whether local coronavirus numbers are accurate and what they really mean.
Orange County supervisors Michelle Steel and Don Wagner have both publicly suggested the number of reported COVID-19 hospitalizations could be artificially high because people are counted when they seek care for an unrelated reason and then ha