Hospitals are straining under the coronavirus. The big wave coming could break them
March 18, 2020, 2:03 pm
The Times data analysis shows roughly one intensive-care bed for every 5,500 people in California. “You can’t argue with numbers,” said Dr. Robert Winters, an infectious-disease specialist in Santa Monica. “It’s a potential brewing time bomb.” About half of California’s total intensive-are beds — 3,700 — are in the five-county ...
