Ventura County says ICUs and ERs are full with COVID-19 patients, surge plan on
During a Wednesday media briefing, Ventura County Executive Officer Michael Powers said that when he asked hospital staffers whether their facilities were filling up, they said they were already full.
There are 79 people hospitalized for acute COVID-19 care in the county, Ventura County Public Health Director Rigoberto Vargas said. In early June, that number sat in the mid-20s, he said. Thirty-one people are in intensive care units.“We’re extremely full right now,” said John Fankhauser, chief executive of Ventura County Medical Center and Santa Paula Hospital. “We have opened up our surge space.... We are seeing patients in that surge space.
“It’s important that you feel comfortable coming to the hospital, but we need our community to partner with us now,” Fankhauser said. “There is a limit to how much we can surge. We can’t continue on the path we are on right now with regard to social gatherings; with regard to close quarters and no masks indoors; with regard to the ability to wash your hands. We have to take those things seriously. We know how to control this disease.
Powers said the county is using only one-third of its tracing capacity and will continue to track community spread.
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