California could see 100,000 hospitalizations in January California has recorded half a million coronavirus cases in the last two weeks and could have nearly 100,000 hospitalizations in the next monthSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California has recorded a half-million coronavirus cases in the last two weeks and in a month could be facing a once-unthinkable caseload of nearly 100,000 hospitalizations, Gov. California is enduring by far its worst spike in cases and hospitalizations. All of Southern California and the 12-county San Joaquin Valley to the north have been out of regular ICU capacity for days. California is averaging almost 44,000 newly confirmed cases a day and has recorded 525,000 in the last two weeks. The first 110,000 doses of the newly approved Moderna vaccine arrived in California a week after California hospitals administered the first 70,258 doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

Source: ABC News December 21, 2020 17:38 UTC