One person dies every 10 minutes from COVID-19 in Los Angeles County and hospitals have an adequate supply of available ICU beds as well as adequate oxygen.
Los Angeles County hospitals currently have 6,708 Covid-19 patients – a number that has risen to unprecedented levels in recent weeks – as the area’s ICU availability capacity is listed as 0.0%.
Dr Anu Seshadri with UCLA Health says that although there is no shortage of supply in their hospital system, single oxygen tanks and plastic tubes are important for this fight.
“This is what we feared. It’s supply versus demand.” “We’re afraid demand will outpace supply. Right now.”
Los Angeles County officials are investigating whether a new strain of the virus has arrived here in South Africa and the United Kingdom. The new strain is considered more contagious although it is not more fatal than the previous strain.
“As long as LA is a journey, people who come here to visit, family come out, schools are present, it’s not surprising if the new strain identified in the UK is introduced here in Los Angeles.” Seshadi said.
Thanks to most of the recent excitement that took place during the Thanksgiving holiday.
Health officials are warning people to stay home during the winter holidays, but millions of Americans are still traveling. On Christmas Eve, the TSA screened about 1 million people.
New information has also come out about the rare COVID-related syndrome that affects children.
Hilda Solis, chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Board Sup Supervisor, says county children are seeing an increase in cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C).
She says the county has seen 51 cases of MIS-C, including the death of a child. All cases were hospitalized and about half ended up in the ICU.
“It’s heartbreaking that every day, more than 14,000 Los Angeles County residents test positive for COVID-19,” Solis said. “It is even more painful for an increasing number of children to be infected by MISC-C.”
“There is a misconception that Covid-19 only affects the elderly or people with an underlying health condition. At this stage of the crisis, we can say with certainty that Covid-19 causes serious consequences in people of all ages, including children, and even without the underlying health conditions. In Los Angeles County, the Latinx community will be the victims of the COVID-19 and MISC-C cases. ”
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