Officials around the state said that hospitals are sinking into a crisis state, but that a widespread overwhelming has not yet occurred. On Tuesday, the California Department of Public Health said available ICU capacity in Southern California was just 1.7%, down from 2.7% a day earlier. The situation was particularly grim in Riverside County, which was at zero available ICU capacity as of Tuesday. Available ICU capacity in the San Joaquin Valley was also effectively maxed out and has been fluctuating between zero and 1.6% since Saturday. “They’re not able to fill all the requests that we’ve got,” said Shane Reichardt, spokesman for the Riverside County emergency management department.
