causes same in the bay area so it is possible for somebody to come in with a broken arm or broken hand and become a covid positive case efrjts actually. as of tuesday we had 40 adults hospitalized under the designation of covid positive. but only 12 were hospitalized for covid illness. reporter: this e.r. dr. jean noble says before the vaccines most of those testing positive in the hospitals were in need of critical covid care. my job went from patients coming in in respiratory distress worrying would we have enough ventilators to now in january of 2022 the majority of people who come in with covid i discharge home really quickly. reporter: she says today most severe cases are among the unvaccinated while the high hospitalization counts among children in the bay area appear to paint a much more dire picture than they re seeing in the emergency rooms. we had 19 kids hospitalized for covid but only six were in house, were admitted patients because of covid.