Mere minutes after California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new regional stay-at-home order for the state to counter rising coronavirus cases, Los Angeles County health officials said Thursday that the looming shutdown could hit the battered region within days. “The anticipation is that threshold might be reached sometime early next week,” Dr. Christina Ghaly declared today of the order that kicks in once ICU capacity falls below 15% in specific regions of the Golden State. “It would be the Southern California region that would reach that threshold, not L.A. County alone,” added the area’s Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis in a clarification after Health Services Director Ghaly spoke. Still, the wider scope doesn’t take any of the intensity out of the dire situation. Related Story California Governor Gavin Newsom Announces Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution Plan Right now, ICU beds are at 76% occupancy of the “roughly” 2,500 available in the county, Ghaly said at Thursday’s comparatively low-key briefing. That ICU data should be taken in context of surging Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the county. Once again, L.A. County reached a tragic record of cases with an astonishing 7,854 new cases reported today. That’s a leap of over 31% from… Read full this story
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