There were 238 new cases of coronavirus reported in Monterey County, bringing the total up to 16,640. There were eight new hospitalizations and no new deaths. Speaking to the Monterey County Board of Supervisors today, health officer Dr. Ed Moreno said the ICU situation in this county is critical, with only 20.5% of ICU beds available. CHOMP announced today it would start providing daily updates on ICU availability, with 18 of its 20 beds full, six of them from COVID-19. Across the U.S., 15,813 people have died over the last week, breaking a record that we have had since April. There were 189K new cases for a total of 15.114 million, while deaths rose by 2,170 (almost double the total of 1,100 the day prior) for a total of 285K. In California, we were below the record of 34K set two days before, but at 21K the number of new cases were still very high. The total number of cases in our state rose to 1.402 million, while deaths rose by 110 to 20,076. Please avoid travelling whenever possible!
