The number of influenza, COVID-19 and RSV cases continues to climb in San Diego County, but local hospitals Monday clarified that they are not seeing a massive spike in hospitalizations or being forced to use overflow tents as triage.
The local health systems officials said they felt the need to clarify the point after a locally-published story was picked up nationally and internationally which may have confused what is happening on the ground. While many local hospitals do indeed have tents outside on their campuses, they have been up since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and are used briefly on days where the emergency departments are busy.
"Overflow tents outside the emergency departments at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas and Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista have been set up throughout the pandemic for the last couple of years, and they have been used periodically as needed," Stephen Carpowich, spokesman for Scripps Health, told City News Service.
Keith Darce, another spokesman for Scripps, said that across the health system's five hospitals, there were a total of 14 influenza patients on Monday. He said this compared to 2019's flu season, which had 13 patients with influenza on the same date.
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