Coronavirus update: / Nov 11 2020
North Dakota’s hospital system is at 100% capacity, and state is allowing health-care workers who have tested positive to stay on the job and treat COVID patients
The U.S. case tally for the coronavirus illness COVID-19 climbed above 10.3 million on Wednesday, as hospitalizations set a record with Midwest hospitals now fuller than those in the South were during the summer peak.
There are currently 61,694 COVID-19 patients in U.S. hospitals, according to the COVID Tracking Project, surpassing the previous record of 59,940 hit on April 15, when the Northeast was the U.S. epicenter. That’s a 40% increase over the number just two weeks ago.
“Seventeen states are at their current peaks for hospitalizations today,” according to the COVID Tracking Project.
Hospitals are already on the brink of being overwhelmed in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin. Officials in many other states are warning that their health-care systems will be dangerously stressed if cases continue to rise.
