-July 22,2020-
Several Central California counties saw a dramatic spike in COVID cases as of 7/21 according to state figures. One of the most dramatic was in Kern County where new cases rose to over a thousand after hovering in the mid-100s for weeks. Fresno County also saw an increase to over 500 – double what is was the day before and an all time high.Kings County cases doubled from 48 to 96. In Tulare County we see a similar pattern and all time high of 500 new cases of 7/21. The surge in Tulare County has overwhelmed hospital ERs .Porterville’s Sierra View hospital reported a 9 hour wait in their ER and Kaweah Delta said that the U.S. Department of Defense is sending a team of 20 military healthcare workers to help the Visalia hospital care for COVID-19 patients.
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