Late Wednesday in the United States, the daily death toll exceeded the record set just one week earlier: 2,885. If US hospitals were any guide, those numbers are unlikely to dip any time soon. Hospitals across the country are operating near or above capacity as they cope with a growing flood of COVID-19 cases. With so many hospitals facing the same problems, the elasticity in the health care system is gone, and medical workers are being run ragged. “There is not a lot of wiggle room,” said Loy Howard, president of the Tanner Health System.

Source: bd News24 December 10, 2020 15:45 UTC