The situation is particularly dire in Long Beach, where daily cases have exploded by more than 1,000 percent in recent weeks. Following two record days of covid-19 deaths in Long Beach, the city on Wednesday activated a “mass fatality” plan to support morgues that are close to capacity. At St. Mary, the hospital is so full that some patients are being treated in the ambulances that brought them there, the Long Beach Post reported. “I said, ‘No, I’m going to fight this covid,’ ” she said, reported Reuters. “I start moving my hand [and] a physical therapist come and say, ‘Oh, you’re moving your hands,’ and I said, ‘Oh, I’m going to fight, I’m going to fight.

Source: Washington Post December 24, 2020 11:55 UTC