California hospitals running out of ICU beds: health officials

Source: The Hill | September 3, 2021 | Natalie Prieb

Some California hospitals are running out of intensive care unit beds as the delta variant continues to spur COVID-19 cases in the state, The Associated Press reported.

Hospitals in the centrally located San Joaquin County have had less than 10 percent of staffed ICU beds for adult patients for three straight days, according to the AP. The county’s health officer said that the numbers of new virus cases and hospitalized patients have surpassed both respective peak numbers during last summer’s surge. 

A spokeswoman for San Joaquin County’s Office of Emergency Services told the AP that as of Friday the county has enough available hospital beds to avoid transferring patients to other counties. If ICU capacity in the county falls to zero at some point, hospitals across the state will be required to accept transfer patients, the AP notes.

Fresno County is facing a similarly dire situation, with the area’s hospitals treating more than double the confirmed coronavirus patients that they were treating four weeks ago, the Fresno Bee reported

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