CNN CNN Newsroom With Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell August 31, 2021 18:53:00
Positive in early august reached highest levels since last winter. >> hospitals are saturated everywhere. >> reporter: with mnew covid cases battering, overwhelmed hospitals reaching a breaking point. mississippi, the hardest hit state has just nine intensive care unit beds available and in five southern state, less than 10% of icu beds are free. kentucky hospitals are seeing a record number of covid patients and critical staffing shortages. >> we're living in reality where some covid patients that are sick are being treated in their cars when there isn't room for them inside the e.r. or in th...