California has now recorded more than 2 million coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, according to a county-by-county tally conducted by The Times, the first state in the nation to reach that alarming milestone and another marker of the wrenching toll the virus is inflicting.
The novel coronavirus has been spreading with unprecedented speed in recent weeks, creating crisis conditions in hospitals and making California one of the hardest-hit parts of the United States. Available capacity at intensive care units across Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley remains at 0%.
Hospitals throughout Los Angeles County are now strained and overwhelmed, Health Services Director Dr. Christina Ghaly said Wednesday. At certain points of the day Tuesday, 96% of all hospitals in L.A. County were diverting certain kinds of ambulances to hospitals farther away because they were so full, a figure that is usually only 33% at this time of year.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Visits Los Angeles Hospital As They Administer First Vaccines
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Health care workers at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center began receiving COVID-19 vaccinations today as the effort to inoculate millions of people in the county accelerated.
Emergency physician Dr. Medell Briggs-Malonson was the first person at the Westwood hospital to be vaccinated. After receiving the Pfizer vaccination, she told urged everyone to get the shot when it becomes more widely available.
“As an emergency doctor, I have truly seen what COVID does to people, she said. “And even if it doesn t kill you, many people go on to have long-term effects of COVID, both with their brain, with their heart or with their lungs.
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Ronald Reagan UCLA MedicalCenter Administers Its First Covid Vaccines To Hospital Staff
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - COVID-19 vaccination efforts continued across the Southland today, including the first wave of health care workers to be inoculated at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, one of nine sites being used for ultra-cold storage of the Pfizer medication.
Front-line workers in the emergency department and intensive-care unit were the first to be offered the vaccinations, which are voluntary.
“Although this is a turning point in our fight against COVID-19, our staff will continue to employ other proven prevention methods such as wearing masks and gloves, maintaining physical distance from others, washing hands frequently and avoiding crowds, Dr. Richard V. Riggs, Cedars-Sinai s chief medical officer, said in a statement.
LA County expected Wednesday to get full initial allotment of nearly 83,000 doses of Pfizer s COVID vaccine
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) More Southland health care workers are expected to get vaccinated against the coronavirus Wednesday, as the region s hospitals continue receiving shipments of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
By the end of Wednesday, all nine sites in the county equipped with the ultra-cold-storage facilities needed for the Pfizer medication are expected to have the vaccine. The doses will then be farmed out to 83 acute-care hospitals countywide for administration to health care workers, who are at the top of the priority list.
More Southland healthcare workers to receive COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday
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Vaccinations begin Wednesday at Reagan UCLA Medical Center
More Southland health care workers are expected to get vaccinated against the coronavirus on Dec. 16, as the region s hospitals continue receiving shipments of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
LOS ANGELES - More Southland healthcare workers are expected to get vaccinated against the coronavirus Wednesday, as the region s hospitals continue receiving shipments of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
By the end of Wednesday, all nine sites in the county equipped with the ultra-cold-storage facilities needed for the Pfizer medication are expected to have the vaccine. The doses will then be farmed out to 83 acute-care hospitals countywide for administration to health care workers, who are at the top of the priority list.