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Print Three counties northwest of Los Angeles are experiencing alarming spikes in coronavirus cases, further heightening the level of infections in already hard-hit Southern California and triggering fresh fears about potentially overtaxing local healthcare systems. Conditions in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties have worsened considerably due to a post-holiday surge of the virus, with the average number of daily new cases more than doubling the rate seen two weeks ago, according to data compiled by The Times. Infections in Ventura County have risen so rapidly that one docto...

Children who spread coronavirus to their parents and grandparents are apologizing to them on their deathbeds as L.A. County reels.

3:46 KCLU's Lance Orozco talks with some of the front line hospital personnel in Ventura County battling the COVID-19 surge which has swamped many of the county's eight hospitals. At first glance, they're just numbers.  They are shocking numbers, but numbers.  1520 people were diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ventura County Wednesday.  But, they are much more than that to thousands of families in the county.  They are fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, grandmothers and grandfathers. Some of them will end up in the county’s eight hospitals.  But, the hospitals  are already packed, and doc...

VENTURA, Calif. - Hospitals in Ventura County are reaching capacity as COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket. Dr. Mark Lepore who works in the Intensive Care Unit at Ventura County Medical Center he said the rising number of cases is being felt far and wide throughout the hospital. “ERs are full, patients are waiting outside for us longer than we’d like them to,” Lepore said. “Once folks are needing hospitals they are often waiting in the emergency department, waiting for beds because there is no space for them.” As of Thursday just over 4% of intensive care unit beds were still avai...

ICUs in California drowning by coronavirus surge ANI | Updated: Dec 17, 2020 04:37 IST Los Angeles [US], December 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Unchecked Thanksgiving gatherings of friends and families across the Golden State result in an unprecedented surge of COVID-19 cases, with more to come, California health officials noted Tuesday, warning statewide intensive care units (ICUs) capacity is at only 5.7 percent. California health officials reported an unprecedented 42,120 cases on Monday, six times higher than mid-October, breaking the single-day record set Dec. 8...