NewsCalifornia News

Actions

Fresno County declares state of emergency due to lack of ICU beds

Hospital (FILE)
Posted
and last updated

FRESNO, Calif. (KERO) — The Fresno City Council is declaring a state of emergency as the county is running out of ICU beds. The state of emergency was declared at 5:40 p.m. Thursday evening.

Fresno County is part of the San Joaquin Valley meaning their numbers impact us here in Kern County.

As of 12:30 Thursday afternoon, there were 7 open ICU beds in Fresno County.

A state of emergency was also declared due to insufficient medical personnel in the county.

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Monday

10/13/2025

Rain

-° / 54°

100%

Tuesday

10/14/2025

Partly Cloudy

61° / 52°

16%

Wednesday

10/15/2025

Clear

64° / 52°

5%

Thursday

10/16/2025

Clear

69° / 51°

5%

Friday

10/17/2025

Clear

75° / 54°

3%

Saturday

10/18/2025

Mostly Clear

80° / 57°

2%

Sunday

10/19/2025

Clear

80° / 56°

9%

Monday

10/20/2025

Clear

74° / 53°

4%