“Even if there is a lot of oxygen…they will die.” Orange County nurses describe the heartbreaking scene of the Coronavirus Department

ORANGE, California (KABC)-Many local hospitals have run out of ICU beds and are the most seriously ill COVID-19 patients.

The biggest worry is that these hospitals will have to start rationing services after a large number of cases at Christmas and New Year gatherings-fundamentally, this means that they will only treat those who are most likely to survive.

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Despite this, hundreds of people die from the virus every day in the state.

A nurse at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Orange said it was heartbreaking to see it with his own eyes.

“They are fighting every day, even if there is a lot of oxygen every day, they are trying to breathe. Then, you just see them dead. They just die. They are conquering death. It̵

7;s really sad,” Caroline, a nurse from the COVID unit Brandenburger said.

Almost 90 refrigerated trailers have been deployed in the state, and 60 have been deployed for temporary morgues a few weeks ago.

On Monday, Orange County reported 29 COVID-19 deaths and 3,259 new coronavirus cases. The county has 2221 hospitalized coronavirus patients, of which 544 are in intensive care.

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