Alabama, which has been hit hard by the recent surge of coronavirus cases, is running out of available intensive care unit beds.
Hospitals in the more densely populated areas of Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Birmingham have begun to transfer critical care patients from hospital to hospital because of the shortage of beds, according to a Federal Emergency Management Agency memo obtained by ABC News.
Don Williamson, a doctor with the Alabama Hospital Associations, told ABC affiliate WBMA that 82 percent of the state’s ICU beds were taken, with only 289 beds left across the state.
On Tuesday, Alabama broke its record of daily new COVID-19 cases with 1,100. Overall, the state has nearly 32,800 confirmed cases of the disease.
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