The state just experienced its second-highest ever day of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on May 21 as the state continues to gradually reopen.
At a Thursday press conference, Steven Reed, the mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, said his city's hospitals have run out of beds in their Intensive Care Units, where coronavirus patients are normally treated.
"Many people in Montgomery hospitals are not from Montgomery," Reed said."They're suffering because they don't have the rural health care system in place that they need." Montgomery city health officials are instructing sick people to try and gain admittance into the hospitals of Birmingham, the state's second-largest city, more than 100 miles southeast. Reed's comments come just as the state experienced its second-highest ever day of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on May 21."A third of the state's total overall cases have occurred just in the last two weeks," according to WBHM reporter Janae Pierre. Also this week, two of the state's largest high schools held graduation ceremonies at a baseball stadium. At the press conference, Reed advised city residents to continue wearing face masks in public and to continue observing social distancing habits despite the reopening. He also suggested that he may implement municipal restrictions to slow the epidemic if case numbers continue to increase. "We don't want to lose anyone—any life—because we don't have the resources to treat them in this community," Reed said.reached out to Reed's office for further information. This story will be updated with any response. A"prone team," wearing personal protective equipment , prepares to turn a COVID-19 patient onto his stomach in a Stamford Hospital intensive care unit , on April 24, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut. The civilian/military team, made up of physical and occupational therapists turns over COVID-19 patients to help their labored breathing and increase lung capacity. Stamford Hospital, like many across the US, opened additional ICUs and have been augmented by military medical personnel to deal with the heavy patient load. Stamford, with it's close proximity to New York City, has the highest number of coronavirus patients in Connecticut.The state's gradual reopening has progressed in the two weeks following the April 30 expiration of Governor Kay Ivey's April 4 stay-at-home order.for reopening the state. It encouraged residents to stay at home from April 30 to May 15, and allowed some previously shuttered"non-essential businesses" to resume operations in compliance with additional sanitation and physical distancing measures.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Montgomery mayor considering issuing a shelter-in-place order due to ICU bed shortageMontgomery, Alabama, Mayor Steven Reed is considering a shelter-in-place order over an ICU bed shortage. “We wanted to...let people know where we are so they can go back to sanitary guidelines that they were using at the beginning of this pandemic.”
Read more »
With just one ICU bed available, Montgomery, Alabama, is sending sick patients to BirminghamThe city of Montgomery, Alabama, which has only one intensive care unit bed left, is sending sick patients to Birmingham, more than an hour away, officials said.
Read more »
Montgomery, Alabama mayor battles surge of infections as state reopens - Business InsiderBusiness Insider is a fast-growing business site with deep financial, media, tech, and other industry verticals. Launched in 2007, the site is now the largest business news site on the web.
Read more »
Alabama Is Packing Graduation Ceremonies and Overloading ICUsAlex Kelley would have liked to go to prom. Or senior field day. Or at least a graduation ceremony.But the senior at the Montgomery Academy, a private K-12 school in Alabama’s capital city, began remote learning on Zoom in mid-March along with millions of other students throughout the country. Over the
Read more »
With Some ICUs At Capacity, Alabama Accelerates Its ReopeningGov. Kay Ivey allows entertainment venues to reopen despite spike in new cases.
Read more »
With Some ICUs At Capacity, Alabama Accelerates Its ReopeningAlabama Gov. Kay Ivey has allowed entertainment venues to reopen despite a spike in new cases
Read more »