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Inside California COVID ward, exhausted staff cares for patients on edge of life and death
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Francisco Hernández, a 48-year-old Moss Landing resident, rests inside a COVID unit at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital.Nic Coury/Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Nurse Jeanna Beckham tends to a patient in the COVID ICU.Nic Coury / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Nurse Cassie Barber checks the temperature of Carmelita Martinez, 75, of Salinas inside a COVID unit at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital.Nic Coury / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Salinsa, a rural city of 156,000 people, has seen a sharp rise in coronavirus cases.Nic Coury/Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less ....

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