On Tuesday, Dec. 22, according to a state tracking system update, an epidemiological matrix is being run at sight altitude due to a rampant coronavirus spreading in Orange County.
The Orange County rate of new coronavirus cases continued to climb this week, keeping it out of reach of any level except the highly restricted purple.
The county’s case rate, updated Tuesday, is 51.8 new cases per 100,000 residents, up from 42.7 cases per 100,000 last week.
The positivity test – part of the swab tests coming in positive – rose 15.2% and surpassed the summer surge, indicating that coronavirus is more widespread in Orange County than at any other stage of the epidemic so far.
Health equity, which monitors the spread in low-income neighborhoods that lack health resources, rose to 22.7% from 18.8% last week.
The availability of adult ICU beds is about 10% from two weeks as hospitals are shifting staff and resources from other departments to meet the demand. By Monday, December 21, it had dropped to 8%, with 622 of the 678 beds taken by critically ill coronavirus and other patients.
Measures by other state health departments that adjust actual ICU availability based on the proportion of beds filled by COVID-19 patients showed that both Orange County and Southern California were in intensive care capacity on Tuesday. However, state leaders have said that the adjusted 0% does not mean that the areas are literally away from intensive care beds.
As of Tuesday, 43% of patients in Orange County’s 4,193 hospitals had covid-19, and there were twice as many coronavirus patients in hospitals this week than the previous peak in mid-July.
According to Health Care Agency reports, the county’s ICU has 100 more adult beds Monday than they did at the beginning of the month.
As new methods of treatment are adopted, a small proportion of hospitalized coronavirus patients require intensive care. In mid-July, one in three people hospitalized in COVID-19 in Orange County were in intensive care; During this boom of the year, the ratio has dropped to one in five.
Southern California is under strict domestic order due to low ICU capacity, which came into effect from Dec December and will probably continue during the three-week checkup written on Monday, December 28, ૨ 28.
“We are everywhere at or near capacity,” Kaiser Permanent chairman and chief executive Greg Adams told a news conference on Tuesday, urging health care providers to avoid wearing masks and gathering on holidays.
“We’re struggling to add capacity for covid patients,” Adams said, referring to Kaiser Permanente hospitals across the state.
He said patients are already being tortured in recovery rooms and hall loaves, and are being cared for by tired and frustrated staff.
“We will not be able to continue if Kovid continues to grow,” Adams said.
California is now emerging as a result of the Thanksgiving gathering, when many people relaxed epidemic habits and gathered with other households against public health advice, hospital officials said.
Giving symbolic prescriptions to all Californians before Christmas, New Year’s Eve and other upcoming holidays, hospital officials said: “Don’t share your air,” and if it is necessary to gather, wear masks, celebrate outside and avoid long trips. .
