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Were seeing a picture of him now. and we know how much youre hurting. weve talked to so many people who have lost their family members because of coronavirus. that is not why he died. >> no. >> although, in a way, it is because of that, because of how full the icus are. can you tell us about what happened? he was diagnosed with gallstone pan ko panceatitis. then what happened? >> after the doctor made the diagnosis, they told me he was pretty sick. they started running the labs and whatever test...

More than 90% of i.c.u. beds are full. alabama has zero beds left in its i.c.u.s, prompting a rush in vaccinations. >> i had covid once, and i dont have no intentions of catching it again. >> reporter: nationwide, deaths from covid are up 355% since early july. louisiana hit a record high this week. in south carolina, this funeral home has never seen more covid deaths. >> it puts a stress not only on us but the families we serve. >> reporter: but there are stories of survival. >> hi, im dr. rauf...

Iconic part of new orleans. were not far from that area at all. thats why so many people were preparing this time. we spoke with a shop owner who said ive never seen it like this, not before katrina, never. hes been there for 20 years. its a place where you can do swamp tours and ghost tours at night. he said he never saw so many people from the city of new orleans panicked about this storm, knowing it would be a lot larger, ida would be, than katrina. >> be careful over there, nadia. tell the c...

Tell us how things are going where you are. >> conditions outside are pretty rough. im sitting here talking to you just with natural light. we are on emergency generators, city power has been lost, but all of the patient care areas have power through emergency generation. the conditions outside are rough. and to my eye looking out the window are getting rougher. but inside we have got everything under control. we have a ride out team of health professionals that have been here locked down in the...

Individuals coming in with covid issues. look, the neighboring states, mississippi, to the north, you have arkansas, and all the way over the alabama, they need to be concerned about how their icus are going to be able to potentially unvaccinated evacuees coming into a state that is already dealing with really crowded hospitals. i dont think there is an overnight solution to this except for the fact that all of these republican governors in mississippi, alabama, florida, all across the coast, ne...

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Patients to. theres no excess capacity anywhere else in the state or outside the state. and so were really worried about prolonged power outages. the good news is we have about 10,000 linemen in the state already. another 20,000 poised to come in as soon as possible and as necessary. but restoring power will be critically important in order to keep these hospitals up. were going to need to restore power as soon as possible and thats one of my biggest concerns going into the storm. >> governor, y...

Covid patients and going into lockdown. tom llamas reports from new orleans. >> reporter: tonight, nbc news taken inside one of new orleans busiest covid icus. the state already swamped with nearly 3,000 hospitalized patients. >> sometimes just spinning thinking dealing with a pandemic another saurngd now a major hurricane? >> yes. it does. last year we had a lot of uncertainty we thought hurricanes were coming. this one is headed right towards us. really terning. >> reporter: the timing couldnt...

>> what that means to is the fact that even though our kids do b better, it doesnt mean cod is harmless in our children. we have an opportunity to take a risk to our kids and make it even lower from covid, with the benefit of the vaccines. weve got to do that. >> he speaks, doctor, not only as the surgeon general of the united states but the father of two little kids who are not -- who clearly arent eligible to be vaccinated yet. what do you say, doctor, who parents who are still hesitant to get...

450 less patients in the hospital today with covid than we had just 11 days ago. so we freed up a little bit of capacity, but we still have a very, very challenging situation here across the state of louisiana. >> if you have a lot of injuries, governor, from the storm, 450 beds might not be enough. i guess thats right. you could have a situation, weve seen this prior to this hurricane coming in, where youve had hospitals having to make these terrible decisions about who they can admit because t...