Flu symptoms detected in local ERs jumped from 7 percent to 9 percent last week with positive tests also continuing to rise though not quite as quickly.
Thus far, the volume does not compare to the 2017-2018 season when flu symptoms in ERs nearly reached 17 percent, but it's only just November. The big question is, will we peak before the new year, and have a normal-length season, or will this plateau through the winter?
San Diego County posts new COVID-19 case record; ICU staff wearing thin [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
San Diego County set a fresh single-day coronavirus case record Friday as it became increasingly clear that local intensive care capacity is stretched much thinner than bed occupancy numbers suggest.
The county health department’s daily COVID-19 update includes 2,867 additional cases, besting the previous record set on Dec. 4 by 580. An additional 23 coronavirus-associated deaths appeared in the report, and total hospitalizations hit 965, representing nearly 21 percent of the 4,627 total patients in beds across the region Thursday.
The situation is most severe in intensive care units.
Friday’s report indicates an occupancy rate of 82 percent of all ICU beds in the county. However, Dr. Wilma Wooten, the county’s public health officer, indicated Wednesday that this number is a bit misleading. Not all of those beds that remain open have enough staff available to be filled at s
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San Diego County set a fresh single-day coronavirus case record Friday as it became increasingly clear that local intensive care capacity is stretched much thinner than bed occupancy numbers suggest.
The county health department’s daily COVID-19 update includes 2,867 additional cases, besting the previous record set on Dec. 4 by 580. An additional 23 coronavirus-associated deaths appeared in the report, and total hospitalizations hit 965, representing nearly 21 percent of the 4,627 total patients in beds across the region Thursday.
The situation is most severe in intensive care units.
Friday’s report indicates an occupancy rate of 82 percent of all ICU beds in the county. However, Dr. Wilma Wooten, the county’s public health officer, indicated Wednesday that this number is a bit misleading. Not all of those beds that remain open have enough staff available to be filled at state-mandated nursing ratios.