In Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state, most hospitals accepting COVID-19 patients have run out of ICU beds. And a hospital that opened two weeks ago to take the overflow is already 90 percent full.
“This disease is not kidding around. Whoever thinks it’s a joke is going to lose their life,” said de Oliveira, a physician who recently recovered from the virus himself.
Sao Jose is accepting overflow from other hospitals whose facilities are already maxed out in treating COVID-19 cases. More than 15,000 Brazilians have died from the disease so far, though many experts say the figure is probably significantly higher, with cases missed because of insufficient testing. In recent days, more than 800 people have been added to the death toll every 24 hours and the crisis’ peak has yet to hit Latin America’s largest nation, the experts say.
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