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During a livestreamed address earlier this week, California Health & Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly dropped a bombshell: that the state infectious disease database known as CalREDIE, where labs report testing data and county public health departments extract local numbers, has been undercounting new cases . At the same time, as the coronavirus has continued to spread, we’ve been hearing reports of hospitals nearing their capacities for both regular and ICU beds . So what happens when they fill up? This week’s COVID-19 update features excerpts from conversations with Carrie Monteiro, spokesperson for the Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency, about the alternate care site in Porterville that is now treating overflow COVID-19 patients from area hospitals, as well as Mariposa County Health Officer Dr. Eric Sergienko about his county’s low case count and the role of tourism in the outbreak. A snapshot for Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, and Tulare
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