San Joaquin County hit a grim milestone the first week of January as intensive care unit demand reached an all-time high of 175% in the county’s seven hospitals.
“I cannot say thank you enough to the staff of the county’s seven acute care hospitals for their skill and dedication in caring for patients during the pandemic especially for the 106 COVID positive patients requiring intensive care services,” said Dan Burch, EMS administrator, said Monday. “The 106 patients requiring ICU care to battle COVID alone exceeds the county’s 99 licensed ICU beds. The impact of COVID-19 on the members of our community and our healthcare system is glaring.”
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A Stockton school teacher died in a solo-vehicle rollover crash along North Livermore Avenue outside the Livermore city limits on Tuesday evening.
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The Alameda County Coroner s Bureau identified the victim as 52-year-old Julie Ownbey, who died at the scene of the violent crash. Her LinkedIn profile confirmed Ownbey worked as a fourth-grade teacher in the Manteca Unified School District. We are deeply saddened by the death of one of our beloved teachers from August Knodt Elementary School, Manteca Superintendent Clark Burke said in a statement on Wednesday morning.