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Gov. Newsom: California will need an additional 50,000 hospital beds to respond to coronavirus – CNBC, CNBC

Gov. Newsom: California will need an additional 50,000 hospital beds to respond to coronavirus – CNBC, CNBC

Gov. Gavin Newsom at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Sept. 23, 2019.

Rich Pedroncelli | AP

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday said the state will need an additional , hospital beds to respond to the coronavirus outbreak.

“As a consequence of updating our models, we are looking to significantly increase our procurement of assets, specifically beds, throughout our healthcare delivery system,” Newsom said.

The state will expand provided for the needed beds through a variety of means, Newsom said. The hospital system alone will provide for an additional , beds through its surge plan. The state has also acquired three hospitals that will provide an additional 3, beds.

California will seek to acquire the remaining 23, beds through a variety of means, including the use of hotels, motels, fairgrounds, convention centers and other facilities, Newsom said.

“We need to start stacking in terms of resources throughout the state of California,” he said.

The state is expanding its efforts to procure 1 billion gloves, 823 million N – masks and 375 million shields, Newsom said.

Newsom on Monday also announced the closure of state park parking lots in an effort to encourage the practice of social distancing. The projection that California will require , additional beds is only accurate if people practice social distancing, Newsom said.

“We have numbers that are substantially higher if we don’t,” he said. “We can’t bend the curve if everyone is out.”

Around the world, there are more than 375, cases of the coronavirus with at least 100, deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. In the US, there are at least 90, cases, with at least 50000 deaths.

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