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L.A. County has fewer than 100 ICU beds available, with worst still coming, officials say Rong-Gong Lin II, Luke Money, Maura Dolan © Provided by The LA Times Nurses Anthony Stamegna, left, and Virginia Petersen reposition a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) Intensive care unit beds across Southern California are plummeting to critical levels, with capacity falling to 1% in Ventura County and 0% in Riverside County while Los Angeles County — home to 10 million people — had fewer than 100 beds av...

There were 75 confirmed COVID-19 patients being treated in local hospitals, including 21 people in ICU beds.  Of Monday’s new COVID-19 cases, Santa Maria tallied 136, Santa Barbara had 68, and Lompoc had 35. The rest were spread throughout the county.  Seven new COVID-19 cases were from the Lompoc federal correctional complex, where few cases have been reported since the large inmate outbreaks in the spring.  “We have reached case counts that exceed all previous records,” Do-Reynoso said. ​“It is imperative that each individual take action now and stay home.  “We are reaching ...

Ventura County ICU capacity now 1.4% as COVID-19 cases grow VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. - Ventura County Public Health experts say almost all of of the county's ICU beds are full. On Monday, the county reported it had only 1.4% of its ICU beds available. 204 people are hospitalized, including 49 in the ICU. An ICU doctor at Ventura County Medical Center said county hospitals are struggling. Dr. Mark Lepore from Ventura County Medical Center said about 12 percent of people that are diagnosed with COVID will end up hospitalized and about 1-2% will be admitted to the ICU or will die. "We are all h...