COVID-19 hospitalizations break record in Indiana
Indiana broke its record for COVID-19 hospitalizations on Monday due to a surge in coronavirus cases.
The state's dashboard shows Indiana had 3,467 hospitalizations on Monday from the coronavirus, breaking a previous record set at the end of November 2020 when 3,460 were hospitalized.
The state reported 10 deaths on Monday and almost 12,000 new COVID-19 cases.
About 38.4 percent of those in intensive care units are COVID-19 patients, but only 10.1 percent of ICU beds are available throughout the state.
"Indiana hospitals are overwhelmed with the highest number of patients on record and have reached a state of crisis with dwindling capacity left to care for patients," Brian Tabor, president of the Indiana Hospital Association, said, The Associated Press reported.
Multiple states have declared a state of emergency in order to provide their hospitals more support as the omicron variant is affecting hospitalization rates across the country.
The U.S. set a record this week for COVID-19 hospitalizations with more than 145,000 people in the hospital.
The increase comes as infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said that most people will get infected with the highly-contagious omicron variant.
