Two in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs

  • Date: 25-Jan-2021
  • Source: Egypt Independent
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:Middle East
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Two in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs

Straining to handle record numbers of COVID-19 patients, hundreds of the nation's intensive care units are running out of space and supplies and competing to hire temporary traveling nurses at soaring rates. Many of the facilities are clustered in the South and West. An Associated Press analysis of federal hospital data shows that since November, “¦ Continued

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