Hospitals

Imperial County on the Mexican border has the state's highest rate of COVID-19 cases, straining hospitals and forcing the transfer of 500 critically ill patients outside the region.

Pointing to a sharp uptick in coronavirus-related hospitalizations and ICU admissions, Gov. Gavin Newsom implored Californians to wear face masks.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's announcement comes as some county public health officers in California face severe pushback for their face mask orders.

Lea este artículo en español. Updated June 22, 2020 Climbing over the past week, California’s numbers for statewide coronavirus-related hospitalizations this weekend exceeded the record levels set in late April, CalMatters’ hospital data tracker shows.  The tracker, which pulls from state data, shows that on Sunday, 3,702 patients who’ve tested positive for the novel coronavirus were […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom said that some statistics show reasons for optimism, but the pandemic will linger for some time and people should proceed with caution.

California health care workers face layoffs, furloughs and pay cuts in the coronavirus pandemic as hospitals and medical practices say they're financially bleeding.

Just a few days from a forecasted peak in California’s pandemic, it's seeing fewer hospitalizations and intensive care patients than anticipated.

California is launching an effort to decontaminate masks for health care workers, but experts warn that it is a tricky process.

California hospital officials talk to CalMatters' Ana Ibarra about preparations the projected surge of COVID-19 patients — and life after the pandemic.

Newsom calls on retired doctors, medical students to help with coronavirus response as number of ICU cases triples in span of four days.