10 times worse : Santa Clara County health care system under unprecedented strain
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KTVU s Jesse Gary.
SAN JOSE, Calif. - COVID cases are spiking and resources are stretched to the limit in Santa Clara County. The situation prompted officials to plead for the public’s help in stemming the current viral surge.
Each day, the county reports more than 1,000 new COVID-positive cases and at least 100 new hospitalizations.
It is ten times worse than what we had before, said Santa Clara County COVID-19 Health Preparedness Director Dr. Amad Kamal. January is by far the most challenging month we’ve had.
ICU Capacity, or available bed space, has sunk to 8% county-wide. There is a short supply of staffers to handle the growing caseload.
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January 5, 2021
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Today is Wednesday, Jan. 6, the sixth day of 2021. There are 359 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Jan. 6, 2001, with Vice President Al Gore presiding in his capacity as president of the Senate, Congress formally certified George W. Bush the winner of the bitterly contested 2000 presidential election.
On this date:
In 1412, tradition holds that Joan of Arc was born this day in Domremy.
In 1540, England’s King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. (The marriage lasted about six months.)
In 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state.
In 1919, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, died in Oyster Bay, New York, at age 60.