At least 56 ICUs in Florida have reached capacity, officials say, as the worsening coronavirus pandemic hit a series of somber peaks across the US
At least 56 intensive care units in Florida hospitals reached capacity on Tuesday, state officials said. Another 35 hospitals show ICU bed availability of 10% or less, according to the Agency for Health Care Administration in that state. Georgia surpassed 100,000 reported coronavirus cases, becoming the ninth state to pass the mark. In California, the number of hospitalizations across the state were at an all-time high and the virus positivity rate jumped more than 2% in Los Angeles.
In Texas, Houston's United Memorial Medical Center is seeing a rising number of patients that need a ventilator, chief medical officer Dr. Joseph Varon said Tuesday.Medical staff there are"putting in anywhere between 16 to 20 hours a day," Varon told CNN.Lina Hidalgo, judge of Texas' Harris County, which includes Houston, is wants a stay-at-home order in her county as coronavirus cases rise. A patchwork method, she said, won't quell the virus in the long run.
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