Jackie Fortiér

New coronavirus cases are decreasing, but L.A. hospitals remain full of patients. That's partially due to a lack of available oxygen.

The state is adding beds at one hospital and reopening another facility that had closed four years ago. The moves will add 263 beds to the region.

There's been a slight decline in the number of people hospitalized since early January, and the state health department brought in additional staff and made it easier to discharge patients who could go to nursing homes.

More Californians are testing positive with a new variant of the coronavirus.

The switch from testing site to vaccination site is part of the effort to supercharge the COVID-19 immunization campaign.

The drive-through site will join more than 75 other sites across the county; the goal is to inoculate all health workers by February.

Vaccination efforts ramp up as the post-Christmas surge continues.

The FDA says the test poses a risk of false negatives, but local officials point out that no test is 100% accurate.

The FDA says the test is prone to telling people they don’t have the virus when they actually do. The company — and L.A. County — say the problem is common to all such tests.

Medical facilities also must take patients from other hospitals.

Hospitals are not far from the point where they won't be able to give everyone the same level of care.

L.A. County-USC Medical Center told us: "We have no ICU beds. We are just continually, 24 hours a day scrambling to move patients around."