Brazil Hospitals Pushed to Limit as COVID-19 Death Toll Soars
(World News Brazil)

SAO PAULO - Hospitals in Brazil`s main cities are reaching capacity, health officials warned, as the country recorded the world`s highest COVID-19 death toll over the past week, triggering tighter restrictions on Thursday in its most populous state. Intensive care wards for treating COVID-19 patients have reached critical occupancy levels over 90% in 15 of 27 state capitals, according to biomedical center Fiocruz. Porto Alegre in southern Brazil has no free intensive care units (ICUs) and occupancy reached 100% in two other state capitals, Fiocruz reported. Flowers are...