California Hospitals Brace for Onslaught of Coronavirus Patients

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🗓️ 22 December 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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The number of COVID-19 patients filling hospital intensive care units continues ticking up across California. Hospitals in hard hit areas such as Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley had no remaining ICU beds available as of Sunday. We talk with Los Angeles Times healthcare reporter Soumya Karlamangla about how hospitals are handling the recent surge in coronavirus patients. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.7	California again shattered its daily record for new COVID-19 cases yesterday. And the number of COVID-19 patients filling hospital intensive care units is ticking up across the state.
1:12.8	We'll get the latest news on how hospitals are faring.
1:15.8	Then we'll check in with Los Angeles Congressman Adam Schiff about how Southern California is handling COVID-19 cases
1:21.6	and how the $900 billion relief package Congress passed last night could impact Californians.
1:28.2	We'll also hear about the government's response to the recent cyber attack on federal agencies thought to be
1:32.6	Russian-led. That's all next after this news. This is Forum. I'm Ariana Prail in Fermina Kim. Yesterday, California reported more than 62,000 new cases of COVID-19, another daily record. The strain on hospitals is worsening across the state with fears that people gathering for Christmas and New Year's holidays could bring another surge in the coming weeks.
2:07.4	Joining me now with the latest news is Somia Karlamangla, staff writer covering health care for the Los Angeles Times. Welcome back to forum, Somia.
2:15.2	Of course. Thanks for having me.
2:16.8	And listeners, if you have questions or comments, email us at forum at kQED.org or post them on Twitter and Facebook.
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