Nearly 23% of hospitals report 'critical staffing shortage' amid record COVID-19 cases
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Nearly 23% of hospitals throughout the United States reported critical staffing shortages on Tuesday as COVID-19 cases continue surging, according to data released by the Department of Human and Health Services.
The staffing shortage comes as 80.8% of all ICU beds were full on Tuesday, 30.8% of which were being used for COVID-19 patients.
Several states have implemented emergency measures to deal with the shortage.
The situation is so dire in California that the state's health department announced Saturday that nurses who test positive for COVID-19 can stay at work as long as they are asymptomatic and only interact with COVID-19 patients.
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