According to the state dashboard, starting June 8 Kern County had only five people in the ICU for COVID-19. As of last Tuesday, the number jumped up to 68 and now this week 72.
UPDATE: Public Health waiting on vaccines, expected to dole out to local hospitals
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Posted at 2:08 PM, Dec 14, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-14 19:04:00-05
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) â Kern County Public Health said it is still waiting on shipments of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine but when they arrive, there is already a schedule to begin distributing those vaccines to local hospitals.
Public Health said that the vaccines will be distributed to hospitals in the following doses:
Adventist Health Bakersfield â 1045 doses
Adventist Health Delano â 305 doses
Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley â 240 doses
Bakersfield Heart Hospital â 275 doses
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital â 1040 doses
Good Samaritan Hospital â 140 doses
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Registered nurse La Tanya Forbes, right, is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by RN Cheryl Birmingham, left, at Memorial Healthcare System, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Miramar, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Posted at 4:33 PM, Dec 14, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-15 13:07:39-05
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) â Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine has officially touched down in California.
It s the first batch of doses to arrive in the Golden State after months of trials, moving one step closer towards front-line medical workers getting vaccinated.
It is unclear whether all 327,000 doses expected in California have arrived, but Los Angeles International Airport confirmed a portion of that figure arrived at their airport late Sunday night.