https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/31/coronavirus-californias-patients-in-icus-triples-hospitalizations-double/

With tens of thousands of tests in California still pending, the number of hospitalizations is believed to potentially be an equally, if not more, accurate measure of the state’s progress during the COVID-19 outbreak.

On Monday afternoon, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced two bleak figures: the number of coronavirus patients in the state’s hospitals had doubled since Friday and, worse, those in intensive care units had tripled.