Nurse uses social media to warn public about Covid-19 02:26 (CNN)Overflowing hospital morgues, increased 911 wait times, beds only opening when patients die. Hospitals in California, where almost all of the state's 40 million residents are living under stay-at-home orders, are seeing historic stress points. The surge of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations is pushing hospitals in Los Angeles County to the "brink of catastrophe," a top health official there said. To the north in Santa Clara, one doctor said: "What we are seeing now, is not normal." Every day since November 7, Covid-19 hospitalizations in California have increased. As of Thursday, 21,449 Covid-19 patients were in hospital beds throughout the state, with more than 4,500 of those in intensive care units.