Hysteria? Ummm, that's only 2000 patients per state. 16 per hospital. Math is hard.-----COVID-19: Hospitalizations near 100,000; doctors, nurses, beds needed

USA TODAY

--COVID-19: Hospitalizations near 100,000; doctors, nurses, beds needed

"The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients nationwide stood on the brink of 100,000 Wednesday, an alarming statistic fueling enormous strain on the health care system and its brave but beleaguered workers.

Some experts said the total, compiled by the COVID Tracking Project, could soon double. 

Robert Glatter, an emergency room physician at New York City's Lenox Hill Hospital, said the country has reached a "dangerous inflection point."

"I wouldn’t be surprised if we stand at 200,000 people hospitalized in the next month," Glatter told USA TODAY. 

"Explosive growth of the virus has the potential to overrun our ability to provide care. Not only for patients with COVID-19 but also for basic medical conditions."

Many hospitals will be forced to suspend elective surgeries and other routine operations, set up temporary field hospitals and stretch staff to the limit, experts said...Read all. (USA has 6210 hospitals)