With hospitals stressed, US enters 'peak death week' in coronavirus crisis

WASHINGTON: The United States entered what an official called the"peak death week" of the coronavirus on Monday while a watchdog report said hospitals were struggling to maintain and expand capacity to care for infected patients.

Results of a national Mar 23-27 survey showed that"severe shortages" of testing supplies and long waits for test results were limiting the ability of hospitals to keep track of the health of staff and patients, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General said. The watchdog said hospitals reported"that changing and sometimes inconsistent guidance from federal, State, and local authorities ... confused hospitals and the public." Widespread shortages of personal protective equipment put hospital staff and patients at risk, it said.Despite the grim warnings, at least one model offered hope that the death rate was slowing.

Trump, who has oscillated between issuing dire warnings and expressing optimism that contradicts the views of his medical experts, tweeted"USA STRONG!" and"LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL!" on Monday.Eight states, all with governors from Trump's Republican Party, have yet to order residents to stay home: Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.

Navarro had clashed with Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Axios reported. Fauci and other top health advisers have argued there have not been enough studies done to prove the drug was effective against COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus.

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