By Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura, Shawn Hubler, Hailey Fuchs and David Montgomery, NYT

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US hospitals strain under flood of COVID-19 patients

Regular wards are being converted into intensive care units as coronavirus cases surge

An ambulance sits outside the emergency room at Houston Methodist Hospital in the Texas Medical Centre in Houston on July 6, 2020. Intensive Care Units are reaching capacity. Nurses are falling sick, contributing to shortages. The new coronavirus spikes are challenging hospitals across the US.

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