Monterey, CA Coronavirus Update From A Carmel Caregiver : ICU Situation Bleak

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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!

Monterey, CA Coronavirus Update From A Carmel Caregiver

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There were 256 new cases of coronavirus reported in Monterey County, bringing the total up to 16,602.  There were ten new hospitalizations and two new deaths.  Across the nation, there were 166K new cases, for a cume total of 14.925 million, while deaths rose by 1,100 to 283K.  In California there were 25K new cases, for a total of 1.381 million, while deaths rose by 80 to 19,966.  Please avoid travelling whenever possible!

Monterey, CA Coronavirus Update From A Carmel Caregiver

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There were 159 new cases of coronavirus reported in Monterey County, bringing the total up to 16,349.  There were eight new hospitalizations and two new deaths—bringing the total to 130.  Across the United States, cases were up by 213K to 14.760 million, while deaths rose by 1,721 to 281,800.  In California, the number of cases rose by more than 2% again (+33,752) to 1.356 million, while deaths rose by 92 to 19,886.  Please wear a mask and stay at home as much as possible.

Centenarian Survives Spanish Flu, And Covid 19 Not Once, But Twice

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Congratulations are in order for Angelina Friedman.  At 102 she has survived the 1918 Spanish Flu, and now COVID-19 not once, but twice!  She has also survived cancer, internal bleeding and sepsis.  Her daughter, Joanne Merola, told CNN “My invincible mother tested negative.â€Â  What an amazing story.

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Monterey, CA Coronavirus Update From A Carmel Caregiver

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There was no news coming out of Monterey County Health officials regarding the number of new coronavirus.  Across the United States, cases were up 2% (+215,600) to 14.547 million, while deaths rose 2,479 to 280,079.  In California, there were 21,455 new cases for a cume total of 1.322 million while deaths rose by 169 to 19,794.  Please stay safe and stay at home, cases in Monterey County have been picking up recently.

Monterey, CA Coronavirus Update From A Carmel Caregiver

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There were 226 new coronaviruses reported in Monterey County yesterday, bringing the cume total to 15,991.  There were eight new hospitalizations and two new deaths.  Health officials are becoming alarmed as U.S. hospital beds with COVID-19 patients soared past 100,000.  Across the country, there were 234,800 new cases, bringing the total to 14.331 million.  Deaths rose by 2,838 to 277,600.  In California, there were 22,036 new cases which brings the cume total to more than 1.3 million, while deaths rose by 46 to 19,625.  Please stay at home if possible!

Carmel, CA Assisted Living Center Cottages Of Carmel Gets COVID-19 Outbreak

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The Cottages Of Carmel is the latest assisted living facility on the Monterey Peninsula to be inundated with COVID-19 cases.  Alton Mendleson, the executive director, sent out a message to residents and their families that they recently doubled the number of positives from eight to 16.  “If you did not hear from us today, then your loved one had a negative test result,†said Mendleson.  In addition to the residents, 10 workers have been infected and one is isolated at home with symptoms, but hasn’t been tested yet.  The facility had been coronavirus free until November.

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Monterey, CA Coronavirus Update From A Carmel Caregiver Dire Stats Today

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There was a bleak outlook for coronavirus on the Peninsula, with almost 200 new cases reported yesterday, with four more people in the hospital and four new deaths, bringing the cume total to 128.  A new study was released which showed that 13% of ag workers tested positive between July and November, compared with 3% of Californians that tested positive during the pandemic.  It found that a frightening 57% of those in Monterey County who reported feeling COVID-19 symptoms went to work anyway. Across the United States, there were 160,900 new cases bringing the total up to more than 14 million.  Deaths were up by 2,129 to 274,762.  In California, there were 16,494 new cases which brought the total up to 1.3 million.  Deaths rose by only 40, a good sign.  Please try and stay home and stay safe.

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Monterey, CA Coronavirus Update From A Carmel Caregiver : Hospitals Overwhelmed

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There were 56 new cases of coronavirus reported in Monterey County, bringing the total up to 15,245.  There were ten new hospitalizations and one more death.  The number of coronavirus cases in the Unites States for November was more than four million, more than double the record that was set in October.  There were 138,500 cases announced which brought the total close to 14 million, while deaths rose by 1,700 for a total of 269,200.  In California, 12,124 new cases were announced, bringing the total to 1.238 million, while deaths rose by 45 to 19,212.  The number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital hit an all-time high, and health officials are worried.  Please try and stay home as much as possible and stay safe!

Make Sure You Get Enough Vitamin D

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AARP The Magazine recently published an article about the fact that most seniors don’t get enough Vitamin D.  With COVID-19 keeping people indoors more, this is becoming more of a problem.  The article said that more than half of Americans might be Vitamin D deficient.  If you can’t get outside, try foods like fatty fish (salmon, trout and mackerel) and Portobello mushrooms.  Fortified milk is also a good source.  If none of this works for you, get some supplements!