EL CENTRO, Calif. – As much of California begins reopening businesses amid improved coronavirus conditions, a farming region on the state's border with Mexico is experiencing a spike in hospitalizations that some believe is driven by American citizens who live in Mexico coming to the U.S.
for care. How quickly different parts of California reopen is driven by the ability by country officials to control the virus.
So the surge in the Imperial Valley region could hurt its perpetually struggling economy, which is heavily intertwined with the large industrial city of Mexicali, Mexico.
El Centro Regional Medical Center, the Imperial Valley's largest hospital, admitted 14 infected patients Monday night, sending its coronavirus caseload soaring to