March 31, 2020

Coronavirus

Voice of OC: OC officials agree to start disclosing COVID-19 hospitalization data

As hospitals prepare for a surge in COVID-19 cases in the coming days and weeks, Orange County officials committed for the first time Monday to following other counties in posting data on how many people are hospitalized.

 

OC Register: Three more people die from coronavirus in Orange County; total number up to seven

Three more people – two of them younger than 45 – have died from COVID-19 in Orange County, increasing the number of reported coronavirus-related fatalities to seven as of Tuesday, March 31.

 

Daily Pilot: Restaurant group closed by coronavirus crisis gives 2,000 pounds of food to pantries, shelters

Soon after the announcement earlier this month that Orange Coast College’s campus in Costa Mesa would be closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, faculty and volunteers packaged more than 1,100 meals to be donated to local families in need.

 

Labor

CNET: Amazon fires warehouse worker who organized Staten Island protest

Workers at Amazon's Staten Island warehouse took part in a walkout on Monday afternoon to protest what they say are unsafe working conditions. The demonstration came after at least one worker at that facility has tested positive for the coronavirus.

 

NBC: Instacart workers strike, other demand more as labor landscape changes

With more than 20,000 employees, Instacart along with Amazon warehouse workers in California’s Inland Empire delivered petitions to their management team over the weekend to demand improved benefits, cleaner facilities and better notification in response to the current COVID-19 epidemic.

 

California

KTLA: State to see peak of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths in less than 4 weeks

The coronavirus crisis will create peak demand on California's health care resources on April 26, but the state will be likely able to meet the need for hospital beds, according to a state-by-state forecast from researchers at the University of Washington's medical school.

 

KTLA: CA doctors cautiously hopeful early measures taken to shelter at home are working

Two weeks after San Francisco issued the country's first shelter-in-place order for residents to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, hospital emergency rooms throughout the region appear to be seeing the early effects and hope for the future.

 

Nation

Associated Press: US death toll eclipses China count

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed past 3,500 Tuesday, eclipsing China’s official count.

 

Publication Date: March 31, 2020