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Paris (France), March 18 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Christophe Petit-Tesson) Faced with the "worrying" increase of covid in France, driven by the British strain, the French Prime Minister, Jean Castex, announced a mild confinement for a month in the 16 most affected departments, including the capital.
At least five Los Angeles County hospitals had to turn patients away on Sunday, citing an 'internal disaster.' In the week before Christmas, the state averaged more than 40,000 new coronavirus infections every day. CNN reports that at some area hospitals, aging infrastructure was unable to keep up with the high number of patients needing oxygen. The issue was not the lack of oxygen itself--rather, the buildings were unable to maintain the necessary pressure to deliver the oxygen. Some hospitals are moving COVID-19 patients down to lower floors to make it easier to pump the oxygen through pipes. There are multiple issues involving oxygen delivery to patients, but generally, the problem is not an absolute shortage of oxygen. Dr. Christina Ghaly Director, Los Angeles County Health Services
In the past two days, the US has reported more than 220,000 positive coronavirus tests. The new cases bring the past week's total to more than 660,000 new cases of COVID-19. The US reported more than 121,000 new coronavirus infections Thursday. The staggering number broke the daily case record of over 100,000 cases t set just 24 hours ago. According to CNN, Wednesday marked the first time the US hit a six-figure number of infections. As cases soar, the number of hospitalized Americans is surging, with more than 53,000 patients across the US.
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