Washington hospitals again strained by COVID-19 spread

Washington hospitals again strained by COVID-19 spread SEATTLE (AP) — Hospital officials in Washington are warning that facilities are heading toward another COVID-19 case peak amid high spread in the community. Washington State Hospital Association CEO Cassie Sauer on Monday said at the end of last week, almost 600 people with COVID-19 were in hospitals across the state with about 20-25 patients a day on ventilators, The News Tribune reported . AP NEWS

That compares with an average of around 230 hospitalized cases in the daily census in April and 1,700 in February during the Omicron wave...