Graph by County of Ventura
Ventura County Public Health has reported a new record number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 each day this week, culminating in 151 patients in the hospital with the virus on Dec. 10. This Dec. 10 chart, available with others showing different local COVID-19 metrics, can be viewed at www.venturacountyrecovers.org.
Austin Widger,
Ojai Valley News reporter
Ventura County government officials highlighted the record number of county residents hospitalized and in the ICU with COVID-19.
Every day this week a new record was set for hospitalizations, they reported at the county’s weekly COVID-19 press conference Dec. 9.
Dr. John Fankhauser, CEO of Ventura County Medical Center and Santa Paula Hospital, said: “Four weeks ago, there were 35 patients with COVID in our hospitals in Ventura County. Four weeks ago. Every day since then … there’s been an increase in the numbers of hospitalized patients with COVID in our county. Today (Dec. 9), we’r