Minnesota hospitals 'overwhelmed' by continued COVID surge

Minnesota's health department on Monday reported 46 deaths and 1,677 hospitalizations for COVID-19

Dec 14, 20210

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ST. PAUL - Leaders of Minnesota hospital systems are pleading with the public to get vaccinated for COVID-19 and to take precautions such as wearing a mask as hospitalizations for the virus remain at record highs for 2021.

CEOs of nine Minnesota health systems, including Essentia Health, the Mayo Clinic and Centra Care purchased full-page advertisements in newspapers across the state calling for the public to take the virus more seriously.

"We're heartbroken. We're overwhelmed" the full-page ad begins. "Our emergency departments are overfilled, and we have patients in every bed in our hospitals."

https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/newsmd/coronavirus/7320738-Minnesota-hospitals-overwhelmed-by-continued-COVID-surge