With Covid-19 infections climbing nationwide, some communities are facing a hospital capacity crunch.
Texas reported ICU usage of 92.7%, and Dallas-area hospitals
that if their region runs out of intensive care beds, they may need to consider vaccination status when prioritizing who to treat.every hospital bed in the state may be taken up in the next two weeks. ICU occupancy is above 80% in 10 other states: Louisiana , Missouri , Oklahoma , Arkansas , Nevada , North Carolina , South Carolina , New Mexico , Idaho and Maine .Hospital admissions have risen nationwide in recent weeks. An average of 11,521 new Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospitals every day in the week ending Tuesday, up 48% in two weeks, according to the
. Daily hospitalizations are still below their early January peak, when more than 16,000 Americans entered hospitals with the coronavirus every day.Coronavirus infections have spiked across the United States in recent weeks due to the virus’ more contagious delta variant, driving up hospitalizations in much of the country. States with
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