As coronavirus cases surge, 3 in 4 US hospitals already facing COVID-19
(WorldNews Health)

WASHINGTON - Three out of four U.S. hospitals surveyed are already treating patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19, according to a federal report that finds hospitals expect to be overwhelmed as cases rocket toward their projected peak. warns that different, widely reported problems are feeding off each other in a vicious cycle. Such problems include insufficient tests, slow results, scarcity of protective gear, the shortage of breathing machines for seriously ill patients and burned-out staffs anxious for their own safety. `There's this sort of domino effect,` said Ann Maxwell, an assistant inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services. `These challenges play...