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Anemic staffing levels continued to put a pinch on San Diego County’s intensive care capacity Monday, with several facilities out of staffed ICU beds, according to one report. And COVID-19 cases in hospitals continued to rise past the 1,000 mark Monday.
Scott Evans, chief executive officer of Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, said 68 of the 75 total ICU beds at his facility were occupied Monday morning. Generally, he added, COVID patients occupied between 30 and 35 beds per day in the summer and early fall. On Monday, there were 133 patients infected with the novel coronavirus.
“To start the week with more than 130 means we’re losing ground,” he said, noting that last week topped out in the 120s. “We were hoping that it was plateauing, but it certainly does not look like it is.”
San Diego Navy Personnel Among the First in DoD to Get New COVID-19 Vaccine Shots
The first doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), with distribution being conducted in phases, Dec. 14, 2020. (Vernishia R. Vaughn-Lucas/U.S. Navy)
15 Dec 2020
The U.S. Navy will begin vaccinating personnel for COVID-19 starting Tuesday some of the first Defense Department employees to get the newly authorized vaccine for the coronavirus.
According to the Navy, military health care workers, first responders and personnel security forces at Naval Medical Center San Diego are expected to be among the first DoD personnel to get shots, starting Tuesday, while workers at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, as well as base first responders and fire and gate people will start getting theirs Wednesday.
The U.S. Navy in San Diego received its own batch of vaccines. Doses will be doled out starting today. NBC 7 s Nicole Gomez reports.
At 7:14 a.m. Tuesday, UC San Diego Health received its first shipment of 2,925 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19.
It was a moment about 10 months in the making – and one that Millen would never forget.
“Honestly, for me, I’m tearing up right now,” Dr. Marlene Millen, MD, of UC San Diego Health, told NBC 7. “It’s a very emotional moment.”
It s a very emotional moment.
Dr. Marlene Millen, MD, UC San Diego Health
COVID-19 vaccines begin to arrive in San Diego County
San Diego County posted that the first vaccine had arrived locally on Monday just before 9 a.m. after being shipped out of Michigan on Sunday. Author: Brandon Lewis, CBS News 8 Team Published: 6:04 PM PST December 13, 2020 Updated: 12:03 PM PST December 14, 2020
SAN DIEGO The first shipment of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine has arrived in San Diego County after leaving Michigan Sunday morning for destinations across the nation. Three sites in San Diego will each receive a share of the 28,275 vaccines that were allocated for the county’s healthcare workers.
San Diego County tweeted on Monday morning First COVID-19 vaccine for front line health care workers arrives in San Diego. along with a short video showing 3 boxes on a table.