'ICUs are full, patients are dying' Three Alabama counties see largest jump in weekly cases.
Arizona, Texas, and Florida each reported their largest one-day increases in new cases.Montgomery County, Alabama, home to the state's capital, is quickly emerging as a hot spot in the state’s battle against COVID-19, according to a leadingWith nearly 3,000 people diagnosed with the coronavirus, Montgomery County now has more cases than any other county in the state, Dr. Don Williamson, the head of the Alabama State Hospital Association, told ABC News Tuesday.
Friends and family members attend Spain Park High School's graduation ceremony at the Hoover Met, in Hoover, Ala., May 20, 2020.As of Sunday, the intensive care unit bed occupancy rate for Montgomery and Tuscaloosa Counties were each at 96%, according to the memo. Health care workers talk outside a Lowndes County coronavirus testing site in Hayneville, Ala., May 27, 2020.Alabama has yet to see 14 straight days of declines, Williamson said, and he has"yet to see" any indication the situation is improving.
In Montgomery County,"ICUs are full, patients are dying, and some of the staff that are normally working are out ill," Williamson said.
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