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Last week, staff at the royal cornwall hospitals trust said more than 200 patients were medically ready to leave but had nowhere to go. the trust's director of emergency care said these were "some of the most testing situations we've ever worked in". we're joined now by our political correspondent nick eardley. so this see qc report, it is very bold and clear and alarming about the level of the needful star. that is the primary issue, the lack of staff, therefore the risk that is growing. what can we expect from government in terms of how they react? , , , , ., government in terms of how they ...

Multi-care hospital says that just over the weekend it had three patients die in its relatively small icu within a 12-hour period. it's now having to deny about two-thirds of the patient transfer requests from out of state because they say there's just not enough bed space. we spoke with several of the health care workers here that say they're frustrated because this is happening a year and a half into this pandemic. craig, this is the worst they've seen it throughout this entire pandemic. and again, there is frustration here among health care workers that this is still happening. and again, t...

Crisis inside hospitals out where you are is intensifying. >> reporter: that's right, andrea. certain parts of the northwest are dealing with a surge in cases, also in neighboring idaho specifically, and this hospital is one of those that normally takes patients from out of state, but they are having to deny some patients request transfers because there's just not enough bed space here. now, speaking about the pfizer news that you mentioned, yes, that earlier today overnight really pfizer coming out with that new data saying that its vaccine, two-dose vaccine is safe for children 5 to 11 years...

So in washington they are turning down patients from out of state. that's not normal. >> reporter: yeah, stephanie, it's a dire situation here in eastern washington because of what you just mentioned. yes, in idaho the situation is growing increasingly more difficult so they're having to send a lot of those patients over the border, over the state line here to washington, but this hospital here in spokane says that it's having trouble keeping up because there's just not enough bed space. just a short time this weekend, just a 12-hour period, three patients died in this icu. it's not a huge hos...

Of the pandemic than were born, marking the first time the state's population declined. to the alarming numbers out of georgia now, covid deaths have risen nearly a thousand percent since august 1. on average, 94 georgians are dying every day, according to the state's department of health. my colleague nbc's stephanie stanton joins us from atlanta. pretty shocking numbers, that escalation is remarkable, stephanie. what are you hearing on this? >> reporter: indeed. good afternoon to you, alex. health care officials here in georgia are struggling. resources are being stretched dangerously thin...