hospitalizations for Covid

Crushed

My 50 year old nephew died last week in Texas (not covid related) and my 75 year oold brother was hospitalized for a non Covid infection in  Bethesda.  In both cases getting a bed much less an ICU unit took a full court press by the family.  Covid patients are simply swamping the hospitals. About 18% of all general hospital beds in the USA are occupied by Covid patients and the numbers are increasing rapidly.  You may want tobe proactive in yoru areas and find out what the hospital situation is .  some information is at

https://protect-public.hhs.gov/pages/hospital-capacity#hospital-utilization