Covid-19 cases are rising at 'a pace that is almost unbelievable,' with over 90% of ICU patients on ventilators, according to Erik Frederick, chief administrative officer at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri.
Erik Frederick, chief administrative officer at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, on July 10, 2021. CNN
"We started off today with 133 Covid-positive patients in our hospital. ... I would say, locally, in our facility, in our health care system in southwest Missouri, we are absolutely stretched, further than we were stretched last year. And I would say it's a managed crisis at this point for sure. We're seeing things that we didn't see last year at a pace that is almost unbelievable, when you look at how quickly this accelerated," Frederick told CNN.
Frederick said"it's impossible not to" link the surge in cases to lower vaccination rates in the area. Southern Missouri is part ofthat are vulnerable to surges in Covid-19 cases as the Delta variant spreads in the US.
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