At one Brazil hospital, the ICU is full of COVID-19 patients Across Brazil, many hospitals are filling up again with COVID-19 patientsNITEROI, Brazil -- The intensive care unit in the public Oceanico hospital in the Brazilian city of Niteroi is full of COVID-19 patients, and medical workers are constantly on the move. Most ICU patients were connected to ventilators. The hospital, which has 140 ICU beds, was inaugurated in April by city officials and treats only COVID-19 patients. Across Brazil, many hospitals are filling up again with COVID-19 patients. Brazil has confirmed more than 180,000 deaths from COVID-19, the second most of any country in the world after the United States.

Source: ABC News December 12, 2020 05:15 UTC