Hospital and health officials across Missouri say their hospitals are being overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.
Dr. Mark Steele, executive chief clinical officer at University Health, said yesterday the system’s two hospitals in the Kansas City region are treating 98 patients with COVID-19, an all-time high for the system.
In Springfield, the director of the Springfield-Greene County Health Department said 473 new cases of COVID-19 were reported Tuesday, the highest number in the county since the end of 2020.
Officials say they are treating the high numbers while also facing staffing shortages and a strong increase in demands for testing.
