The number of COVID patients in county hospitals rose up to 1,792, up from 1,628 on Saturday. Of those patients, 263 were in intensive care, up from 246 the previous day.
Those numbers came two days after local health officials closed out 2021 by reporting a record daily number of coronavirus cases, with a whopping 27,091 new infections along with 12 additional deaths associated with the virus.
"With explosive transmission likely to continue for some weeks to come, all efforts now need to focus on protecting our healthcare system from becoming overwhelmed. Since most people in our hospitals with serious illness from COVID are unvaccinated, those not yet vaccinated or boosted need to please stay away from others as much as possible to avoid getting infected or infecting others.
More than 10,043,000 individuals have been tested since the pandemic began, with 15% having now tested positive. To date, 1,696,582 positive cases and 27,637 fatalities have been confirmed countywide.
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