A nursing manager is worried a rise in COVID-19 cases could overwhelm Victoria’s Intensive Care Units (ICU) unless vaccination rates increase. “Last year we managed a large portion of our acutely unwell patients within the ward setting, but I’m worried that, [Delta strain] being more contagious, our ICU beds will quickly be utilised, and we’ll…
Australian Critical Care Nurse Afraid COVID-19 Outbreak Could Overwhelm Medical Sector
Feds to Deploy Manpower, Testing Capacity to Aid Manitoba’s COVID-19 Surge
Ottawa announced it would send a range of support including epidemiologists and increased testing capacity to Manitoba in response to the premier’s call for federal help to cope with the province’s surging COVID-19 cases and overflowing intensive care units. “A critical part of our fight against COVID-19 is the support we have provided to provinces…
France Sees Further Rise in COVID-19 Intensive Care Patients
France reported on Saturday that 5,273 people were in intensive care units (ICU) for COVID-19, a rise of 19 from the previous day, as the country entered its third national lockdown. For the next four weeks, schools and non-essential businesses across the country will remain shut. The rise in ICU patients on Saturday followed a…
French COVID-19 Patient Numbers Rise Again, Adding to Pressure for New Lockdown
PARIS—The number of patients with coronavirus in French intensive care units rose on Saturday to a new high for this year, increasing the pressure to impose new restrictions that President Emmanuel Macron says will probably be needed. France had 4,791 ICU patients being treated for COVID-19, up from 4,766 on Friday, health ministry data showed….
Orange County Reports New Record In COVID-19 Hospitalizations
January 5, 2021
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SANTA ANA (CNS)—Orange County continued its record-setting pace for COVID-19 hospitalizations Jan. 5, and the outbreak in the county’s jail also expanded with a record five inmates hospitalized. The number of patients hospitalized for coronavirus in the county rose from 2,178 Jan. 4 to 2,236, including an increase in intensive care patients from 500 to…
Health Officials Brace for Next COVID-19 Surge
As emergency rooms throughout Orange County, California, struggle with a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations, some medical professionals worry that the worst is yet to come. “There is typically a two-week lag between ‘spreader’ events and hospitalizations, so we are still seeing the impact from the Thanksgiving holiday,” Adam Blackstone, spokesperson for the Hospital Association of…
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