On Wednesday, California’s Governor Gavin Newsom said that around 60, 000 homeless could get affected with COVID-19, as per the research done by the experts.
"Over the next eight-week period, we have modelled the 108,000 unsheltered Californians that are out on the streets, if you had an attack rate of about 56%, you're looking at 60-plus thousand individuals that may have COVID-19," said the Governor in a Facebook address to the state.
“That creates a deep point of anxiety for the existing population but moreover for our healthcare delivery system, our capacity to move people in and out of the shelters safely without contacting other people and putting them at risk as well," Newsom said.
California has been among the U.S. states hit hardest by the coronavirus outbreak, with 598 confirmed cases as of Wednesday, a 21% increase over the day before. At least 17 fatalities have been reported in California.
Newsom said hospitalization rates for those infected with COVID-19 was about 20%, which if numbers followed the modeled surge, would leave hospitals overwhelmed.
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