Sacramento’s NBC News affiliate reports:
On Wednesday, President and CEO of the California Hospital Association Carmela Coyle offered a grim update from the medical community. “We’re preparing to surge,” said Coyle. And with good reason.
California Governor Gavin Newsom then announced a mind-boggling number of new coronavirus cases in the state. Over the previous 24 hours, California saw 11,694 new cases, which which includes a backlog of cases from Los Angeles County.
Testing backlogs have spiked the state’s daily new case numbers before, but the Wednesday number so far exceeds the state’s previous all-time high of 7,149 reported on June 24, that it cannot be ignored.
California Coronavirus Update: Gov. Gavin Newsom Reports New COVID-19 Case Numbers That Shatter Daily Record by 64% https://t.co/c2boY2FaZU pic.twitter.com/g4xjQk5SSP
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) July 8, 2020
There were 11,694 new COVID-19 cases yesterday in California, though that includes an L.A. County backlog — there were also 111 deathshttps://t.co/lWX7aUCe4R
— LAist (@LAist) July 8, 2020
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in California have reached 6,100 — from 4,240 two weeks earlier. https://t.co/W33x4nU07R pic.twitter.com/pHogox5QbF
— NBC 7 San Diego (@nbcsandiego) July 8, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom said California is preparing for a surge in hospitalizations and how it will handle the growing demand for hospital beds by COVID-19 patients, as the state reported a record number of coronavirus on Wednesday. https://t.co/c5iTt9YWFj
— ABC30 Fresno (@ABC30) July 8, 2020