At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospitals, including Memorial Hospital, pitched tents outside their emergency departments to accommodate a surge in coronavirus patients.
But this week, in lieu of a tent Memorial Hospital set up a brand-new temporary building in the parking lot outside the emergency department.
Local hospitals are beginning to roll out their surge plans as COVID continues to rise in Kern County. There are 348 patients in county hospitals, a 17 percent increase from the week before, according to state data. Of those, 73 are in intensive care units, a 20 percent increase from last week. Based on county estimates, 1 in 33 residents has active cases of COVID.
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UPDATE: Public Health waiting on vaccines, expected to dole out to local hospitals
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Posted at 2:08 PM, Dec 14, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-14 19:04:00-05
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) â Kern County Public Health said it is still waiting on shipments of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine but when they arrive, there is already a schedule to begin distributing those vaccines to local hospitals.
Public Health said that the vaccines will be distributed to hospitals in the following doses:
Adventist Health Bakersfield â 1045 doses
Adventist Health Delano â 305 doses
Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley â 240 doses
Bakersfield Heart Hospital â 275 doses
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital â 1040 doses
Good Samaritan Hospital â 140 doses
Lynne Sladky/AP
Registered nurse La Tanya Forbes, right, is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by RN Cheryl Birmingham, left, at Memorial Healthcare System, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Miramar, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Posted at 4:33 PM, Dec 14, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-15 13:07:39-05
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) â Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine has officially touched down in California.
It s the first batch of doses to arrive in the Golden State after months of trials, moving one step closer towards front-line medical workers getting vaccinated.
It is unclear whether all 327,000 doses expected in California have arrived, but Los Angeles International Airport confirmed a portion of that figure arrived at their airport late Sunday night.
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