California hospitals face staffing crisis amid unprecedented explosion in new Covid cases

A group that represents the state’s hospitals is raising the alarm that the Omicron Covid-19 surge could soon overwhelm the health care system. “We all thought last winter was as bad as it could be,” said California Hospital Association CEO Carmela Coyle, on a conference call with news media Thursday. “But current projections show that we will surpass and overwhelm our health care capabilities.” By many metrics, the surge driven by the Omicron variant is already worse than the surge…