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A health official in California s third largest county is urging hospitals to cancel elective surgeries and implement plans for an onslaught of COVID-19 patients, as intensive care units fill up statewide amid spiking virus cases. (AP)
SANTA ANA, CA Hospitals in Orange County are already overwhelmed with coronavirus patients as new cases continued to skyrocket Friday. As it has each day this week, the county set a new record for daily COVID-19 hospitalizations Friday.
The number of coronavirus patients hospitalized jumped from 1,025 Thursday to 1,122 Friday, including an increase of intensive care unit patients from 257 to 265. The previous record for ICU patients was 245 in mid-July, and the overall hospitalizations have been breaking records daily since Dec. 2. The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 2,655 new coronavirus diagnoses on Friday, raising the cumulative case total to 97,302.
Orange County Sheriff Makes Cost-Cutting Changes to the Department theepochtimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theepochtimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The Orange County Health Care Agency on Thursday reported that out of the 1,025 hospitalizations due to the coronavirus, 257 were being treated in intensive care units.