health care workers are now being pushed past their limits. >> reporter: butch hanson, 84 years old, diagnosed with covid-19. >> going to get a cat scan of your chest. you've got some junk in your chest. you probably have a little pneumonia. i want to make sure you don't have a blood clot in your lung. >> reporter: today he's in the emergency room. >> i had a rough time with that phlegm last night. i get coughing. it's either the covid or something else. have to find out what it is. >> reporter: hanson, a retired farmer, says he's been careful but may have picked it up from a family member. >> going to chart here. >> reporter: regional county services, the hospital, the ambulance service, the public