coronavirus infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers.As of Saturday, nearly 17,400 people were hospitalized with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infections — more than double the previous peak reached in July — and a state model that uses current data to forecast future trends shows the number could reach an unfathomable 75,000 by mid-January.More than 3,600 confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients were in intensive care units.
U.S. sets new coronavirus record with nearly 250,000 cases added Some areas of California are “just right at that cusp of getting overrun,” Dr.
Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, said during an event organized by the California State University system.Corona Regional.