The increase in COVID in the US dragged on into the new year with no end in sight. While most of the nation is struggling with COVID spikes, some areas face a tougher battle than others. At the moment, rates of new cases per capita are highest in three states, Arizona, Rhode Island and California, not just in the US, but in any area of the world. world. However, during a new interview on January 7, Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), highlighted one of these states as being of particular concern: California. To see why Fauci referred to the COVID situation in California as “unimaginable”, read on and for a complete look at how the country is doing, check out how bad the COVID outbreak is in your state.
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Fauci said California is facing an “unimaginable” COVID situation.
During an interview with Washington University Internal Medicine on January 7, Fauci commented on the worsening situation in California. “There are some regions in the country that are really reaching the point of what we consider unimaginable, where you really have to do the screening and determine who will be served and who will not be served,” said Fauci. “I refer specifically to the very difficult situation that is happening in California.”
Fauci added that he was talking particularly about Los Angeles County “where they are running out of beds and have an exhausted team working almost 24 hours a day”. Earlier this week, as a sign of how overburdened hospitals were, reports emerged that EMS workers in Los Angeles were being instructed not to transfer patients to the emergency room who had cardiac arrest or those who had little chance of survival. .
The director of NIAID went on to describe what is happening in California as an “extraordinary situation”. And to receive the most up-to-date COVID news directly in your inbox, subscribe to our daily newsletter.
California hospitals are almost full.
California hospitals are completely overwhelmed with the volume of COVID patients seeking care, with ICUs across the state currently at 87% capacity. The state is also experiencing a shortage of oxygen, according to The New York Times. In addition, there are more than twice as many COVID patients in California hospitals now as there were last month. To see if the new COVID strain is in its state, check The new COVID strain is now in these 8 states.
The rate of new cases in California is four times higher than during peak summer.
California saw a staggering increase in COVID cases over the summer, but The New York Times reports that the rate of new cases in the state is currently four times higher than it was during that increase. To see what Fauci said about another new virus variant that is circulating, check out Dr. Fauci just issued this warning about another new COVID strain.
Fauci said that “things could get a little worse” across the country.
Before highlighting California, Fauci said the United States as a whole is struggling to combat COVID. “We are in a very, very difficult situation right now,” said Fauci. “The numbers are so extraordinary that we became insensitive to them. As of yesterday, there have been 360,000 deaths … Each day is a new record for the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19.”
He added: “The numbers I gave you are very difficult to understand – they are extraordinary – and even then things can get a little worse.” And to find out more about what’s to come, see Dr. Fauci just made a scary admission about the COVID outbreak.