Dr. Robert Wachter, chair of the UC San Francisco Department of Medicine, held out cautious hope that a surge in coronavirus patients at his institution’s hospitals were stabilizing. L.A. County surpassed its summertime COVID-19 hospitalization peak on New Year’s Day, when 1,792 patients with coronavirus infections were in its hospitals. On Sunday, 278 COVID-19 patients were in intensive care units countywide — about 40% below the August peak. “More people are infectious and spreading the virus indoors,” Ventura Public Health Officer Dr. Robert Levin said in a statement. There were 6,789 coronavirus-positive patients hospitalized throughout California on Sunday, an 81% increase since Christmas.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 04, 2022 15:15 UTC