The number of COVID-19 related deaths continues to grow.

As of Wednesday morning there has been 402 deaths in Imperial County attributed to the virus. The number of active cases is 1,852. That is 2 less than the day before. Hospitalizations remain extremely high with 195 COVID-19 patients in the two local hospitals. There are 2 ICU beds available. El Centro Regional Medical Center reported that they have a Wednesday census of 179 patients with 130 of those COVID-19 patients. 

Imperial County Public Health Department information shows the extent of the Thanksgiving Surge. On November 23 , 2020 there were 15,257 total positive cases with 355 deaths related to the COVID-19 virus. As of December 23 , 2020 there have been 21,057 total positive cases. That's an increase of 1,800 since Thanksgiving. There has been an additional 47 individuals who have died from the virus.