07/27/2021

'Pandemic of the Unvaccinated' Burdens Busy U.S. Hospitals

Nationwide, cases are up 70 percent over the last week

The COVID-19 comeback across the U.S. is putting pressure on hospitals at a time when some of them are busy just trying to catch up on surgeries and other procedures that were put on hold during the pandemic.

With the highly contagious delta variant spreading rapidly, cases in the U.S. are up around 70 percent over the last week, hospital admissions have climbed about 36 percent and deaths rose by 26 percent, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

Some hospitals are reporting record or near-record patient volumes. But even for those that aren't, this round of the pandemic is proving tougher in some ways, hospital and health officials said. Staff members are worn out, and finding traveling nurses to boost their ranks can be tough.

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