April 16, 2021
Anaheim continues to respond to the coronavirus outbreak with vaccines, testing, community assistance and daily updates at Anaheim.net/coronavirus and on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

The newsletter is a weekly summary. This week's issue includes:

  • Anaheim and OC case update
  • Vaccine update

We thank everyone in Anaheim for doing your part to stem the spread of coronavirus in our community, and we want you to know that as your city, we're here for you.
Anaheim cases: 41,753
Anaheim continues to see stable, low COVID-19 case rates, with some small fluctuation.

It's important we continue to fight COVID in all we do and not let our guard down yet.

Anaheim saw an increase of 149 cases in the seven days from April 10-16, while Orange County saw 1,106 new cases in that time.

Anaheim is at a cumulative 41,753 cases, with 5,352 among children. 

Orange County is at a cumulative 252,804 cases, with 26,363 among children.

Sadly, Anaheim has seen 857 people pass from complications of COVID-19, the condition caused by coronavirus. The county has seen a total of 4,886 deaths.

Our hearts go out to the families who have lost someone dear to them.

The county has processed a total of 3,521,748 polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests, the standard for diagnosing COVID-19 cases.

Anaheim and Orange County remain in orange Tier 3, the second most permissive in the state's reopening framework.

The state's tiers are primarily based on two measurements, each determined by calculating the seven-day average with a seven-day lag:

  • Average positivity rate of testing
  • Average new daily cases per 100,000 residents

The county's current case rate is 3 per 100,000 residents.

The county's current positivity rate is 1.6 percent.

The county's current positivity rate among our harder-hit, low-income communities is 1.8 percent.

Read more at Anaheim.net/reopening. 

We continue to dispense vaccines in our city and county at Anaheim's large POD sites and mobile clinics in neighborhoods.

In our data below we now include the percent of Anaheim residents who have been vaccinated, based on state data.

See more on vaccines below.

Here's a look at the latest data by ZIP codes in our city.

92804: southwest Anaheim

Knott Avenue to the west to Euclid Street to the east, and from Lincoln Avenue to the north to Ball Road to the south. The ZIP code is the most populous in Anaheim. It is also home to the most skilled nursing facilities along and near Beach Boulevard.

  • Population: 92,854
  • Total Cases: 10,224
  • Nursing facility cases: 689
  • Deaths: 302 with 144 from nursing facilities
  • Seven-day positivity rate: 2.4 percent, down from 2.5 percent the week prior
  • Seven-day case rate: 3.4, down from 3.9 the week prior
  • 65 and older vaccinated: 72.2 percent, up from 69.4 percent the week prior
  • 65 and younger vaccinated: 26.6 percent, up from 22.7 percent the week prior

92805: central Anaheim

Santa Ana (I-5) Freeway to the west to State College Boulevard, and from the Riverside (91) Freeway to the north to Orangewood Avenue to the south. The ZIP code has the second highest population.

  • Population: 75,069
  • Total Cases: 9,837
  • Nursing facility cases: 104
  • Deaths: 154 with 20 from nursing facilities
  • Seven-day positivity rate: 2.4 percent, down from 2.9 percent the week prior
  • Seven-day case rate: 2.6, down from 5.4 the week prior
  • 65 and older vaccinated: 74.4 percent, up from 71 percent the week prior
  • 65 and younger vaccinated: 26 percent, up from 20.2 percent the week prior

92801: northwest Anaheim

Western Avenue to the west to East Street to the east, Lincoln Avenue to the south to the Riverside (91) Freeway to the north. The ZIP code is home to third highest population.

  • Population: 63,483
  • Total cases: 7,679
  • Nursing facility cases: 145
  • Deaths: 150 with 33 from nursing facilities
  • Seven-day positivity rate: 1.6 percent, down from 2.2 percent the week prior
  • Seven-day case rate: 2.2, down from 2.7 the week prior
  • 65 and older vaccinated: 78.5 percent, up from 74.8 percent the week prior
  • 65 and younger vaccinated: 24.7 percent, up from 20.6 percent the week prior

92802: central-south Anaheim

Euclid Street to the west to the Santa Ana (I-5) Freeway to the west, and from Lincoln Avenue to the north to Orangewood Avenue to the south. The ZIP code has the fourth largest number of people.

  • Population: 44,456
  • Total cases: 5,335
  • Nursing facility cases: 184
  • Deaths: 123 with 49 from nursing facilities
  • Seven-day positivity rate: 0.9 percent, down from 2.1 percent the week prior
  • Seven-day case rate: 1.6, down from 1.9 the week prior
  • 65 and older vaccinated: 69.3 percent, up from 66.5 percent the week prior
  • 65 and younger vaccinated: 24.8 percent, up from 20.9 percent the week prior

92806: central-east Anaheim

State College Boulevard to the west to Tustin Avenue to the east, and from Orangethorpe Avenue to the north to the Santa Ana River to the south. The ZIP code has the fifth largest number of people.

  • Population: 41,980
  • Total cases: 4,571
  • Nursing facility cases: none
  • Deaths: 60
  • Seven-day positivity rate: 1.3 percent, up from 0.7 the week prior
  • Seven-day case rate: 3.8, up from 1.7 the week prior
  • 65 and older vaccinated: 70.2 percent, up from 67.4 percent the week prior
  • 65 and younger vaccinated: 26.6 percent, up from 22.4 percent the week prior

92807: Anaheim Canyon, part of east Anaheim

Tustin Avenue to the west to Fairmont Boulevard to the east, Orangethorpe Avenue to the north to Serrano Avenue to the south. The area has the sixth most people.

  • Population: 37,119
  • Total cases: 2,632
  • Nursing facility cases: none
  • Deaths: 47
  • Seven-day positivity rate: 2.5 percent, up from 0.8 percent the week prior
  • Seven-day case rate: 3.8, up from 1.9 the week prior
  • 65 and older vaccinated: 81.9 percent, up from 79.9 percent the week prior
  • 65 and younger vaccinated: 33.1 percent, up from 28.3 percent the week prior

92808: east Anaheim

Fairmont Boulevard to the west into the eastern open space, from Riverside (91) Freeway to the north to southern city boundary. The ZIP code includes part of Anaheim's eastern open space with no homes and has the fewest people.

  • Population: 21,603
  • Total cases: 1,233
  • Nursing facility cases: none
  • Deaths: 16
  • Seven-day positivity rate: 1.9 percent, up from 1 percent the week prior
  • Seven-day case rate: 2.7, unchanged from the week prior
  • 65 and older vaccinated: 82.1 percent, up from 79.8 percent the week prior
  • 65 and younger vaccinated: 35.7 percent, up from 30 percent the week prior


Find daily updates at Anaheim.net/coronavirus and on FacebookTwitter and Instagram.
Vaccines: all 16+ eligible now
Orange County has now administered more than 2 million shots in arms, and we've done more than 400,000 at our two POD sites at Disneyland and the Anaheim Convention Center.

As of this week, anyone age 16 and older is now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Vaccinating more residents will help us save lives, stop the spread of the virus and continue with more reopening.

If you have not already, head to Othena.com to register for an appointment now and get in the virtual queue.

There are still no vaccines approved for children under 16 at this time, though studies are ongoing and we have heard promising early reports from the three major vaccine manufacturers so far.

The only vaccine that is authorized for those 16-18 is Pfizer, which we don't currently offer at Anaheim sites. Pfizer is available at other county PODs. Note that minors getting the vaccine will need to bring a parent or guardian with them to their appointment.

We expect to see more supply coming to our county in the coming weeks.

This week you may have heard news about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. In line with federal and state recommendations, the county has paused administering of this one-shot vaccine out of an abundance of caution after extremely rare reports of blood clots.

You can read more here.

For now, we'll continue distributing Pfizer and Moderna, and have sufficient supply to accommodate all appointments. If you'd like to wait for J&J to return, you can reschedule your appointment.

And remember, county PODs are not the only place to get your shot.

You can find a list of other vaccine sites here. You may also want to check with your doctor to see if they have vaccines available.

We need everyone to get vaccinated to help save lives and stop the spread of the virus so we can proceed with further reopening and finally put this crisis behind us.

Thank you for doing your part to fight COVID!

Find more on vaccines at Anaheim.net/vaccine.
More at Anaheim.net/coronavirus