Projections for COVID-19 hospitalizations in Los Angeles County are so high right now that the county had to redraw the charts to show the numbers, according to the Los Angeles Times.
What happened:
Los Angeles County officials redrew graphics to show the grim projections for COVID-19 hospitalizations in the county after the recent spike went higher than their chart originally showed, the Los Angeles Times reports.
- In October, the county had fewer than 150 hospitalized patients.
- In November, that number jumped to close to 300 patients were day.
- Now, the numbers are closer to 700 new hospital patients per day.
- Projections show numbers heading to 700 to 1,400 new hospitalized patients per day by New Year’s Eve, according to the Los Angeles Times.
More trouble in California
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said this week that he will likely extend the stay-at-home order in the state due to rising COVID-19 cases, as I wrote about for the Deseret News.
- “Based on those current trend lines, we’ll need to extend that stay-at-home order,” Newsom said, according to SFGate.com.
Officials told the Los Angeles Times last week that Southern California has 0% capacity in its intensive care unit beds, which has prompted fears that cases may only get worse.