California COVID-19 Hospitalizations Double in Four Days: Governor

A sailor treats a patient aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy, which was deployed to serve as a referral hospital for non-coronavirus disease (COVID-19 patients) currently admitted to shore-based hospitals, in Los Angeles, California, on March 29, 2020. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Erwin Jacob Miciano/Handout via REUTERS

SACRAMENTO, California—California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday that the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state had nearly doubled over the past four days and the number of ICU patients tripled during that time.

By Monday, 1,421 California patients had been hospitalized with COVID-19, the disease caused by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, up from 746 four days ago, Newsom said. The number of patients requiring intensive care beds rose to 597 from 200, he said. Altogether, 5,763 people have tested positive for the disease in the state, he said.