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California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding coronavirus infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers.
As of Saturday, nearly 17,400 people were hospitalized with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infections more than double the previous peak reached in July and a state model that uses current data to forecast future trends shows the number could reach an unfathomable 75,000 by mid-January.
More than 3,600 confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients were in intensive care units.
Some areas of California are just right at that cusp of getting overrun, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, said during an event organized by the California State University system.
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Los Angeles County public health officials today announced 13,756 new COVID-19 cases and 60 more deaths, as the area crossed a landmark 600,000 cases, but also had to modify the department’s safety policy regarding places of worship to account for recent Supreme Court rulings.
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To date, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has reported 610,372 positive COVID-19 cases across and a total of 8,817 coronavirus-related deaths.
The county also estimates that one of every 80 residents not hospitalized or in quarantine/isolation is infected with the virus, likely without knowing it or showing any symptoms, yet still capable of infecting others.
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Covid-19 coronavirus: California hospitals struggling as cases explode
19 Dec, 2020 07:17 AM
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Medical tents for vaccinations are set outside the Children s Hospital Los Angeles. Photo / AP
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California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding coronavirus infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers.
As of Friday, nearly 17,000 people were hospitalized with confirmed or suspected Covid-19 infections more than double the previous peak reached in July and a state model that uses current data to forecast future trends shows the number could reach an unfathomable 75,000 by mid-January.
More than 3,500 confirmed or suspected Covid-19 patients were in intensive care units.