hospitalizations continue to rise with more than 2.5 million new admissions between Aug. 1 and Aug. 15.RELATED: Bay Area hospital update: Unvaccinated COVID-19 patients filling bedsThe Alabama Hospital Association said the state is out of ICU beds due to the rising number of COVID-19 hospitalizations.On Monday, the head of the Alabama Hospital Association says the state had 1,562 intensive care unit beds and 1,560 patients needing intensive care.
Dr. Don Williamson says that "this is the greatest demand on the ICU system we’ve ever had."Alabama has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus and the state’s low vaccination rate.