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The COVID-19 surge pushes hospitals closer to being overwhelmed daily with only two staffed ICU beds available across Ventura County on Tuesday, officials said.
“Some of (the hospitals) are going to dive into crisis really soon,” said Steve Carroll, administrator of the Ventura Emergency Medical Services Agency. We are getting to a place where we are maxing out.”
Officials said 421 of the record 969 people in the area s eight hospitals on Wednesday were being treated for COVID. Of the 126 people in intensive care beds, 82 were being treated for the coronavirus.
The two staffed and available ICU beds on Tuesday increased a tick to five beds across the county on Wednesday.
Ventura County hospitals flooded with COVID-19 admissions could see the surge more than double within a month to an alarming 700-plus patients who need care, according to California state projections.
That leap could overburden the health care system, according to county officials and some hospital leaders. There should be a public alarm right now as to how the health care system will keep up with this, said Dr. John Fankhauser, CEO of Ventura County Medical Center and Santa Paula Hospital. We are on the trajectory to completely overwhelm the system.
The numbers change daily. As of Thursday, Ventura County s hospitalizations were projected to rise to 737 COVID patients receiving care as of Jan. 23.
Ojai Valley News editor
Ventura County Public Health Officer Dr. Robert Levin said the COVID-19 vaccine is set to arrive in Ventura County “almost certainly” Dec. 14, 15 or 16.
“I am just pleased and relieved,” he said Dec. 12, of the imminent arrival of the vaccine. “Ninety-five percent efficacy is beyond belief,” he said. “It is too much to hope for. It’s wonderful, just wonderful.”
Levin said the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine in Ventura County will be by Pfizer-BioNTech, which requires super-cold refrigeration of -70 to -80 degrees.
The Moderna vaccine will come to Ventura County later, he said.
Long hoped for, 6,800 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are expected to arrive in Ventura County just as it is experiencing record numbers of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. “We are in the surge,” Levin said. “We hoped we would dodge it.”
Amid surge, officials warn that COVID-19 also jeopardizes those without underlying health issues
December 12, 2020
Santa Paula Times
The COVID-19 death toll contains those who have no underlying health conditions and those struck by the infection include all ages, not just the elderly, county officials said Wednesday at their regular briefing.
“We’re still in the middle of a surge,” said Public Health Care Agency Director Rigoberto Vargas. “It’s very concerning,” and he urged the public to “wear masks at all times when out in the public,” pickup on hand washing, and “Limit further your gatherings” to help stop the spread.