Governor Reeves says hospital system is under stress

Governor Reeves today continuing to raise the alarm of the serious threat of COVID-19.

Reeves continues to stress that our hospital system is ‘stretched to the point of pain.’

- governor reeves today continuin- to raise the alarm- of the serious threat of covid-- 19.

- reeves continues to stress that- our hospital system - is "stretched to the point of pain."

Governor reeves said- hospitalizations in our state - have- gone from approximately 490 - patients in hospital beds - across mississippi to - approximately 1,000.- he says july first we had 602 - confirmed patients in - hospital beds with covid, and - today we're reporting 942... a- 55% increase of patients in the- - - - month of july.

Something state- health officer, doctor thomas - dobbs says is an- ongoing issue in our state.

- - "we are also seeing significant icu - - - - capacity strains.

We have 293 - covid patients in our intensive- care.

Fourty- percent of all intensive care - patients are coronavirus.

That'- absolutely astounding.- just a week or so ago, it was - 30%.

I don't knwo how far we ca- - - - go until we're absolutely going- to be outside of standards care- and going into crisis care- because - we just can't take care of the- burden" dr. dobbs also says the state - had nine hospitals with - - - - no icu beds and that the state'- four largest medical centers- in the jackson metro area had - only