Rep. Ruiz, officials to release critical coronavirus data from local hospitals

Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D., and officials from Eisenhower Heath, JFK Memorial Hospital and Desert Regional Medical Center will release and review coronavirus data from our valley's hospitals.

You can watch the announcement live on News Channel 3 at 1:30 p.m. or online at KESQ.com/Livestream-Events.

Officials will provide information on local transmission rates and hospital ICU bed and ventilator use capacity as a tool to help decision-makers determine the appropriate timing to transition back to school and work. 

In addition to Rep. Ruiz, officials expected to speak include:

• Patricia Cummings, PhD, MPH, Epidemiologist, Eisenhower Health 
• Alan Williamson, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Eisenhower Health 
• Saeed Eskandari, MD, Chair of Infectious Disease and Chief of Medicine, JFK Memorial Hospital 
• Christine Langenwalter, MSN, RNC, Chief Quality Officer, Desert Regional Medical Center