Hospitals in the US have surpassed their limit as Omicron cases surge beyond control. These hospitals can no longer contain the number of cases that come in every day.
New Covid-19 cases have started to fall nationally, signaling the Omicron-fueled spike that has infected tens of millions of Americans, packed hospitals, and shattered records “has finally begun to relent,” reported The New York Times (NYT) on Saturday (Sunday in Manila), while noting many hospitals are still full, and deaths mount, with over 2,100 announced most of the days.
“More and more states have passed a peak in new cases in recent days, as glimmers of progress have spread from a handful of eastern cities to much of the country,” said the report.
The United States continues to identify far more infections a day than in any prior surge, and some states in the West, South, and Great Plains are still seeing sharp increases.
The facilities in US hospitals are confronting record or near-record levels of patients while staff members struggle with burnout and call in sick in large numbers due to the virus.