Emergency medical technicians sanitize an ambulance strecher after transporting a patient at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021.
Coronavirus cases have exploded across the nation since Thanksgiving, with Arizona now topping California, the most populous state, in cases per resident.
Los Angeles County alone on Wednesday recorded 258 new deaths.
So far, no hospital reported rationing patient care, said Dr. Christina Ghaly, director of the LA county Department of Health Services.
That would build on a temporary suspension of nurse-to-patient ratios that the California Nurses Association warns is endangering patient care.