California remains under statewide lockdown due to surge in number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations
Los Angeles County s top public health official said that patients are dying at rate of once every 10 minutes
Health inspectors handed out fines at restaurants and shopping malls to step up enforcement of guidelines
Hospital staff said they are forced to wheel patients into gift shops due to a lack of available room
Officials worry that gatherings during Christmas will fuel another surge that could be evident in a few weeks
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At Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, which serves the largely poor and Latino communities of South Los Angeles, so many patients are streaming in that gurneys have been placed in the gift shop, and the entire lobby is now a space to treat patients. The waiting room is a tent outside.
With many intensive care units already at maximum capacity in the Inland Empire, doctors are warning that an increase in cases after Christmas and New Year s could be catastrophic. I believe we have about 57 to 60 patients right now that are ICU level care in the hospital, said Mendy Hickey, a nurse and quality director at the facility. We have a 20-bed ICU.
Across the country, over 113,000 Americans are hospitalized with COVID on Wednesday, setting a record for the 11th straight day. A new record was also set for deaths - a staggering 3,400 people died.
The nation s current epicenter is California. The state reported another 52,281 new cases of the virus on Thursday, just 1,400 cases less than what California saw the day prior.
With many intensive care units already at maximum capacity in the Inland Empire, doctors are warning that an increase in cases after Christmas and New Year s could be catastrophic. I believe we have about 57 to 60 patients right now that are ICU-level care in the hospital, said Mendy Hickey, a nurse and quality director at the facility. We have a 20-bed ICU.
Across the country, over 114,000 Americans were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Thursday, setting a record for the 12th straight day. A new record was also set for deaths Wednesday a staggering 3,400 people died.
One of the nation s epicenters is California. The state reported another 52,281 new cases of the virus on Thursday, just 1,400 cases fewer than what California saw the day prior.