As of 1035

[Jolly]

13 patients in Our Lady of the Lake ED, awaiting beds in the COVID wards or in the COVID ICU.

This is proving difficult to staff, as they currently have approximately 100 patients in the hospital.

[Axtremus]

Sorry to hear. I wish the hospital and the patients well.

[Loki]

I know many care givers, they are so burnt out and stressed over the prospect of another do over. A couple commented this is the summer where Covid is kept most at bay and what is going to happen in the fall?

There is no doubt palpable anger but mostly it’s another surge of death and dispair that weighs so heavily on their psyche, in context to it is preventable.

[Jolly]

As of noon...All Baton Rouge hospitals are canceling all elective surgeries and procedures.

[George K]

[George K]

Orlando goes code red:

AdventHealth, Central Florida’s largest hospital chain, has once again elevated its emergency status due to rising COVID-19 patients, health care officials announced Monday.
The hospitals have been under a green status, or business as normal, for a few months when vaccinations were increasing but on Thursday AdventHealth announced it was elevating its status to “yellow” and now AdventHealth is again upgrading to a level “red.”
AdventHealth Orlando Chief Medical Officer Dr. Victor Herrera addressed the change on Monday during a COVID-19 update with Orange County officials.
“We are approaching an all-time high, in terms of our inpatient, number of COVID-19 cases, which is a stretch in our capacity,” Herrera said.