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3,600 confirmed cases of covid 19 in the bay area. A third of those are in hard hit Santa Clara County. The bay area is expected to reach its peak later this month, but will we building be ready . They are predicting we would not have shortages in regular or icu beds even at the peak. Reporter professor tara dion says early shelter in place orders may save californias Healthcare System from running out of beds, but cautions the system will still be under enormous strain. There is an issue of where those beds are and are they in the right place . So as a whole across the state, i think we probably have enough icu beds. The question is are they in the places where well have the patients coming in . Reporter shifting beds, equipment or patients around the state the professor says will be a huge logistical and administrative challenge and while the state has done what it can to slow the spread of the disease and flatten the curve, there may still be shortages looming of ventilators and oth