State officials are expected to extend the strictest stay-at-home orders in central and Southern California as hospitals are quickly running out of intensive care unit beds for coronavirus patients ahead of the presumed post-holiday surge. The situation is already dire, and the worst is expected to come in the next few weeks after Christmas and New Year’s travelers return home. California hit 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases on Christmas Eve, becoming the first state to reach the grim milestone. The stay-at-home order for San Bernardino County is set to expire Monday — it was first imposed three weeks ago — but state officials said Sunday afternoon the order was likely to be extended, but did not make a definitive ruling. The stay-at-home orders require regions to have ICU capacity projections to be above or equal to 15%; San Bernardino County has 5.8% ICU capacity.
