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LOS ANGELES (AP) 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 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 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 “surge” space. Overall, the state’s ICU capacity was just 2% on Saturday.
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 more than double the previous peak reached in July and a state model that uses […]
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The number of patients who have been hospitalized with COVID-19 is now more than double its previous peak in July. As of Saturday, around 17,400 people had been forced to seek medical care due to a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 case. Of those 17,400 patients currently in the hospital, around 3,600 of those are in ICUs, per
Many parts of the state are not equipped to handle the demand, and all of Southern California in addition to all 12 counties in the San Joaquin Valley - have officially exhausted their regular ICU capacity. Many hospitals have started to construct surge spacing to deal with the influx. In the state overall, the ICU capacity is currently at 98 percent full.