that. you should be held accountable. >> reporter: we reached out several times to bob dean, the owner of the nursing homes and this warehouse facility for comment and any explanation for what happened here. he didn't respond to us, but he told wvue, quote, we did really good with taking care of people. brian todd, cnn, independence, louisiana. >> so in response to the deaths the louisiana state health officer has ordered the immediate closure of all seven of those nursing homes that evacuated to the shelter, calling what happened there, quote, reprehensible. >> really a sad story. let's pivot and talk about the coronavirus pandemic. the total u.s. hospitalizations due to covid-19 nearly tripled in the month of july and they doubled again in the month of august. that's according to new data from health and human services. right now there are more than 100,000 people hospitalized with 25,000 in icus. >> that is a slight improvement