Shasta County hospitals prepared to meet surge in coronavirus cases

Shasta County seeing a spike in covid-19 hospital cases, leaving some people feeling worried about the rise in cases.

Seeing a spike in covid-19 hospital cases.

Good evening im alan marsden.

And im debbie cobb.

Action news now reporter 'ana torrea' is live in redding.

Ana, are hospitals prepared to meet the needs if cases continue to rise?

The hospitals here in shasta county both say, they are prepared to meet the demand in cases.

That's because this something they have been preparing for, for a long time.

Take pkg* coronavirus cases are on the rise in shasta county.

Take sot* trt:09 maxwell vranna lives in redding it's very worrisome.

I mean i just wish people would wear a mask and protect themselves and each other so that we can get through this together.

People also concerned about what the surge means for the hospitals in the area.

Take sot* trt:09 maxwell vranna lives in redding that's always going to be a fear in the back of your mind but you hope that they have a plan in place to make sure that we don't get to that point but it always is a fear in the back of my mind action news now reached out mercy medical center.

The hospital sent is a statement saying in part - take fscg* ""currently the number of covid- related patients needing i-c-u level care remains low and our capacity is not in jeopardy.

We have the ability to expand well beyond our current i-c-u capacity."

Shasta regional medical center also tells us, it's i-c-u is at 3 percent capacity.

Ana stand up* trt ana torrea atorreanews at a press conference on tueday, shasta health leaders said they were seeing an increase of community transmission.

Both shasta regional medical center and mercy medical center say they are prepared to meet the demand take sot* trt 08 eric nielsen lives in redding hospital cases are going to rise because of the fear of covid but i dont think it will cause a dramatic increase to where they're overrun .

Mercy medical center says.

It can expand its current i-c-u capacity.

By turning its parts of its hospital into negative pressure rooms. reporting live in redding, ana torrea, action news now coverage you