No ICU beds in 5 MS hospitals

Five of Mississippi’s largest hospitals “had no intensive care unit beds available for patients by midweek because of a surge in coronavirus cases," The AP quotes Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the state’s top health officer. Four hospitals had 5 percent or less of ICU beds available. Surges in hospitalization and infection rates increased when many states largely reopened restaurants and other businesses in June. Among Gulf Coast states hard hit recently by the coronavirus are Alabama and Florida. (Source: Mississippi Today 07/20/21) Delta variant now responsible for all new COVID cases, Dobbs says | Mississippi Today