In Rhode Island, officials prepared to use field hospitals after telling residents their systems were already at capacity.
Ken Raske, the president of Greater New York Hospital Association, said hospital systems learned several lessons from the first wave of COVID-19 cases.
The number of patients needing intensive care will surpass capacity by mid-December, he said. Total hospitalizations statewide could reach 78 per cent by Christmas Eve.
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