FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
A nurse holds a Covid-19 patient s hand before she is intubated by a medical team led by pulmonologist Dr. Laren Tan, center, in the ICU at Loma Linda University Medical Center on Dec. 15, 2020, in Loma Linda, California. The hospital is experiencing a huge surge in Covid-19 patients. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
It’s ‘World War III,’ says LA County doctor beset by intensely sick Covid-19 patients
LOS ANGELES Many Californians spent New Year’s Eve in a safe place with immediate family. Dr. Nick Kwan, the assistant medical director of emergency services at Alhambra Hospital in Los Angeles County, spent it with a Covid-19 patient who went into code blue – cardiac or respiratory arrest – five separate times.
GRIM RISE
US sets single-day Covid record with 278k testing positive as CDC data suggests real death toll is 470k
Updated: 3 Jan 2021, 11:23
THE US has hit another grim milestone as it recorded almost 278,000 new Covid cases - the highest single day rise of the pandemic.
It come as new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data suggested the true coronavirus death toll may be almost 470,000.
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Doctors treat patients in a Covid ward in TexasCredit: Getty Images - Getty
America continues to suffer under from the virus as doctors warned the fight against Covid is literally World War Three .
The total number of US deaths in the pandemic has now topped 350,000 as 2,385 fatalities were recorded by the Covid Tracking Project.
It s literally World War III, says LA doctor describing intensity of COVID
On January 2, the United States reported 2,32,000 coronavirus positive cases and 2,202 COVID-related deaths
Coronavirus May Never Be Eradicated: Fauci
The United States, touted to be the most powerful nation in the world has been topping the coronavirus chaos chart ever since the summer peak, and the pandemic in the country is not showing any signs of slowing down. Even though strict lockdown measures were adopted during Christmas and New Year, coronavirus positive cases in the country are progressing steadily, and healthcare workers are facing the heat due to rising patients and lack of resources.