Hot spot: California hospitals buckle as virus cases surge
by Alanna Durkin Richer And John Antczak, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 17, 2020 4:10 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 17, 2020 at 4:12 pm EDT
FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2020, file photo, people wait in line for COVID-19 testing at a testing site operated by CORE in Los Angeles. Hospitals across California have all but run out of intensive care beds for COVID-19 patients, ambulances are backing up outside emergency rooms, and tents for treating the sick are going up as the nation’s most populous state emerges as the latest epicenter of the U.S. outbreak. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Print article LOS ANGELES Hospitals across California have all but run out of intensive care beds for COVID-19 patients, ambulances are backing up outside emergency rooms, and tents for triaging the sick are going up as the nation’s most populous state emerges as the latest epicenter of the U.S. outbreak. On Thursday, the state reported a staggering 52,000 new cases in a single day equal to what the entire U.S. was averaging in mid-October and a one-day record of 379 deaths. More than 16,000 people are in the hospital with the coronavirus across California, more than triple the number from a month ago.
LOS ANGELES (AP) Hospitals across California have all but run out of intensive care beds for COVID-19 patients, ambulances are backing up outside emergency rooms, and tents for triaging the sick are going up as the nation’s most populous state emerges as the latest epicenter of the U.S. outbreak.
On Thursday, California reported a staggering 52,000 new cases in a single day equal to what the entire U.S. was averaging in mid-October and a one-day record of 379 deaths. More than 16,000 people are in the hospital with the coronavirus across the state, more than triple the number a month ago.
California hospitals buckle as coronavirus cases surge
On Thursday, the state reported a staggering 52,000 new cases in a single day â equal to what the entire U.S. was averaging in mid-October.
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In this Nov. 19 photo, medical personnel prone a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. Hospitals across California have all but run out of intensive care beds for COVID-19 patients. [ JAE C. HONG | AP ]
Updated Dec. 17, 2020
LOS ANGELES â Hospitals across California have all but run out of intensive care beds for COVID-19 patients, ambulances are backing up outside emergency rooms, and tents for triaging the sick are going up as the nationâs most populous state emerges as the latest epicenter of the U.S. outbreak.