The number of coronavirus-positive patients flooding Orange County hospitals has hit crisis levels, prompting one official to warn that the region’s emergency medical system could be at risk of collapse unless steps are taken to alleviate the stress. Advertisement“At the current rate of deterioration, the EMS system may collapse unless emergency directives are implemented now,” Schultz wrote. Advertisement“While it is clear no one is to blame for this crisis, all can participate in mitigating its effects,” he wrote. The number of people hospitalized in L.A. County with coronavirus infections has doubled since Thanksgiving and quadrupled in the last month. The county has also shattered its daily record for new coronavirus cases in each of the last two days, reporting a staggering 13,815 on Friday.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 11, 2020 19:51 UTC