https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/24/coronavirus-when-will-bay-area-hospitals-see-surge-in-patients/ > Bay Area hospitals are bracing for a surge in coronavirus patients that is quickly mounting in Santa Clara County, where hospitalizations more than doubled in the last week, and state officials warn the true avalanche is on the way. > “We are closely watching and examining what happened in New York where the situation changed dramatically over the course of a few days,” said Ben Drew of John Muir Health in Walnut Creek — one of a dozen hospital and health care union officials whom the Bay Area News Group surveyed this week to gauge the region’s number of coronavirus hospital patients. “We’re focused on preparing as best we can for a similar situation.”