'For' versus 'with'As an Omicron-driven surge keeps sending more COVID-19 patients into hospitals, some jurisdictions — including Ontario earlier this month, following the lead of various U.S. hospitals — are breaking down hospital data differently. In other words, you're either in hospital for COVID-19, or with COVID-19. Such a high number of infected patients admitted all at once means people are having "repeated exposures," he said. More COVID-19 patients of any sort inside a hospital is a logistical struggle, echoed Dr. Joe Vipond, an emergency physician in Calgary. "It's going to be this perfect storm of lack of staff, plus lack of beds, plus a huge surge of patients, that's going to really put the system on edge."

Source: CBC News January 18, 2022 22:54 UTC