The COVID-19 surge still affecting Central California is so dire that health officials are pleading with state officials to make it easier to transfer hospital patients to areas like Los Angeles County. By contrast, all of L.A. County has 558 COVID-19 patients, despite having a population of more than 10 million people. For every 100,000 residents, Fresno County has 22 COVID-19 patients in its hospitals; while L.A. and Orange counties have six, and the San Francisco Bay Area, four. So I think it’s very wise and prescient of them to already start making arrangements” to prepare for a winter surge, Chin-Hong said. Getting kids ages 5 to 11 vaccinated probably will have a major effect on the severity of each region’s winter surge.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 23, 2021 16:02 UTC