Record numbers of COVID-19 patients hospitalized two weeks after Oklahoma declined to renew overflow contracts

Tulsa World: Two straight nights of record COVID-19 hospitalization numbers have hit Oklahoma two weeks after the state ended its overflow contracts with hospitals.

As flu season nears, public health and medical professionals are concerned about strained hospital capacity and staffing shortages in Oklahoma, especially regarding intensive-care beds. Oklahoma posted a record 738 hospitalizations overnight Monday, topping the prior record of 699 set only a day earlier.

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