MSNBC MSNBC Reports January 9, 2022 12:17:00
That variant is causing hospitals and staff to be pushed to their brink yet again. many health care workers are now having to call out sick, leaving hospitals short-staffed and overwhelmed due to the number of patients fighting the virus. right now, there are over 121,000 daily hospitalizations due to covid. that's up more than 72% in the last two weeks. nbc's sam brock spoke with health care workers about the challenges they face in this new surge. >> reporter: a year ago or even a month ago, the daily covid infection number might have seemed impossible. roughly 870,000 cases recorded, friday...