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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: theking on September 08, 2021, 09:13:28 PM
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California's Central Valley overwhelmed by COVID-19 Delta surge
Hospitals in California’s Central Valley have been increasingly overwhelmed by the fourth surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, with officials scrambling to transfer some critically ill patients more than 100 miles away because local intensive care units are full.
The San Joaquin Valley, the Sacramento area and rural Northern California are now the regions of the state being hit the hardest by COVID-19 hospitalizatio ns on a per capita basis, according to a Los Angeles Times analysis. The regions have lower vaccination rates than in the highly populated, coastal areas of Southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area. (https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/u.Qv4CvyhtkpNoozbiSDRQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUzOS40Mjg1NzE0Mjg1NzE0/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/TUicblRhyWwvP0_r74c7Pg--~B/aD00NzI7dz04NDA7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/la_times_articles_853/d6a7fd1dc87fa7ad2f9715f65c28aab5)