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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.”