California hospitals crushed as coronavirus patients flood ICUs
By JOHN ANTCZAK and AMY TAXIN
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Gov. Newsom provides Friday afternoon update on coronavirus in California
The governor did not hold a press conference, but instead addressed Californians in a pre-recorded video that was released Friday afternoon.
LOS ANGELES - Increasingly desperate California hospitals are being crushed by soaring coronavirus infections, with one Los Angeles emergency doctor predicting Friday that rationing of care is imminent.
The most populous state recorded more than 41,000 new confirmed cases and 300 deaths, both among the highest single-day totals during the pandemic. In the last week, California has reported more than a quarter-million cases and 1,500 deaths.
California hospitals struggling, may ration care
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LOS ANGELES - The United States is in the middle of a deadly wave of the coronavirus pandemic, leaving health care workers overwhelmed, exhausted and stretched by shortages of staff, hospital beds and other resources needed to deal with the influx of patients sickened by COVID-19.
December 19, 2020 - 7:42 PM
LOS ANGELES - California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears the explosion of coronavirus cases will exhaust staffing resources.
As of Saturday, nearly 17,400 people were hospitalized with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infections â more than double the previous peak reached in July â and a state model that uses current data to forecast future trends shows the number could reach 75,000 by mid-January.
More than 3,600 confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients were in intensive care units. All of Southern California and the 12-county San Joaquin Valley to the north have exhausted their regular intensive care unit capacity, and some hospitals have begun using âsurgeâ space. Overall, the stateâs ICU capacity was just 2% on Saturday.