families with low incomes, only 43% of students were in distance learning, compared to 2/3 of students in school districts with the highest proportion of low income families. Additionally, students of color were less likely to return to school. The pandemic also forced over half a million students who were enrolled in four-year colleges across the country to drop out of college. While all students have been impacted by the pandemic, not all were impacted to the same extent. 53
COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in Orange County Beginning July 1, 2020, Orange County had reported 22,958 total cumulative COVID-19 case. By June 30, 2021, that number has increased to 256,557. 54 Similarly the reported deaths between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021, has increased by 4,717. There was an average of 642.6 daily COVID-19 cases and 12.9 deaths by COVID-19 reported in Orange County in this time period. The chart below shows the daily reported cumulative COVID-19 cases and deaths in Orange County between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021. Figure 7. Orange County Cumulative COVID-19 Cases, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021
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Figure 8. Orange County Cumulative COVID-19 Deaths, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021
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