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From KQED. Welcome back to Forum.

I'm Mina Kim.

Despite the arrival of the coronavirus vaccine, Governor Gavin Newsom warned yesterday that the state is, quote, not at the finish line.

California faces a worsening shortage of ICU beds with less than 6% capacity remaining statewide.

Here to tell us more about how hospitals are coping with a virus surge, particularly in hard-hit

Southern California, is L.A. Times reporter Ron Lynn, who has also been reporting about concerns

about the widespread flouting of lockdown rules in some parts of the state, which health officials

say is impeding the battle

against the virus. Ronlin, thanks so much for joining us. Sure thing. Glad to be here.

So tell us about the situation in Los Angeles County First, which now has like fewer than

100 beds available in a county with 10 million people.

Yeah, it's pretty crazy.

Across Southern California, we have, you know, less than 2% of ICU bed capacity.

And in LA County, like you said, we have fewer than 100 beds, ICU beds available.

As of Monday, there were only 95 available.

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