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From the LA Times:
Kern County, home to Bakersfield, recorded a new COVID-19 hospitalization high for the summer on Thursday. In the San Joaquin Valley, available capacity in intensive care units has been below 10% for seven days, and state health officials have implemented COVID-19 hospital surge protocols there.
Hospitalization rates are still relatively high throughout California for those suffering from COVID-19. Some experts have suggested it’s reasonable to take emergency measures , such as enacting mask mandates, when there are 5 or more people hospitalized with COVID-19 for every 100,000 residents.
The San Francisco Bay Area’s rate is 12 hospitalizations for every 100,000 people; Southern California’s is 17; Greater Sacramento is at 30; rural Northern California, 36; and the San Joaquin Valley, 38, according to The Times’ analysis.
So remember to keep your masks on and social distancing, especially indoors.
Greg Phillips
CDI