“For starters, there will be massive changes when your numbers are smaller,” Relucio explained. “What happens is that maybe there’s a discharge: someone goes down to a regular (hospital) floor or a death.”
California is experiencing a state increase, said Relucio, who added that several regions of the state have remained at the ICU capacity of 0% times for days and days, even up to stretches of a week. . On Friday, the Bay Area region reported that ICU capacity was 3%, the lowest so far.
“I’m not surprised, given the number of cases we’ve had,” Relucio said. “In December we had 2,500 cases, the previous month, 1,200. Therefore, it is more than duplicated ”.
On Friday, Queen of the Valley Medical Center officially re-established its respiratory triage area with tents, Herold said, where individuals with severe symptoms of COVID-19 can be evaluated and admitted to hospital. Previously, the hospital had erected a sorting area in the middle of the first spring closures, although it was later withdrawn after limited use. Herold explained that the triage area is essentially an extension of a waiting area. No patient is receiving long-term care in the store.
According to Relucio, the county was preparing additional cases and hospitalizations born of vacation meetings.
This latest rise has even occurred as Napa’s coronavirus testing structure appears to have worked out in shape and is starting in recent weeks; Residents reported waiting times of two to three hours in the last week of the year, according to the Registry, after OptumServe, a new testing provider, took over the operations.