Newsom calls on more resources to help with California's rising COVID-19 hospitalizations

EXPLAINS WHAT'S BEING DONE TOHELP HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN OURSTATE DEAL WITH THAT SPIKE.GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOMANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY THE U.S.DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMANSERVICES IS SENDING 190 HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO TRY TO HELPDOCTORS AND NURSES ACROSSCALIFORNIA WE WERE FORTUNATE.I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEVICE PRESIDENT JUST A FEW DAYSAGO.TO BE ABLE TO DRAW DOWNEVEN MORE SUPPORT.

THEN WE HADIN THE FOR THESE A FIELDMEDICAL TEAMS NEW SOMEONE'SDAY SAID HOSPITALIZATIONSINCREASED NEARLY 50% STATEWIDEOVER THE LAST 2 WEEKS HE SAYSCALIFORNIA HAS PLENTY OF SURGECAPACITY IF NEEDED WITHALTERNATIVE CARE SITES ANDOTHER LEAST MEDICAL FACILITIESBUT IN AN EFFORT TO BRING INMORE HUMAN HELP THE GOVERNORCALLING FOR MORE APPLICANTS TOCALIFORNIA'S HEALTH CORPS OFMEDICAL PROFESSIONALS HE SAYSSO FAR 741 OF 35,000 OF THEMHAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO HELPNURSING HOMES AND CORRECTIONSFACILITIES WE DON'T WANTEVERYBODY CONCENTRATED FILLINGAPPLICATIONS JUST IN ONE PARTOF THE STATE.IT'S REALLY ABOUT MATCHINGNEED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THESTATE BASED UPON DIFFERENTPROFESSIONS WITHIN THE HEALTHCARE.SYSTEM THE GOVERNOR'SUPDATE COMES AS 3 MORECOUNTIES NAPA AND YOLO AND SANBENITO WERE ADDED TO THESTATE'S COMMUNITY SPREAD WATCHLIST THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL TO26 COUNTIES WHERE STATEOFFICIALS HAVE SERIOUSCONCERNS OVER HOSPITALCAPACITY AND DISEASE