Ida made landfall Sunday tied for the fifth-strongest hurricane to ever hit the mainland U.S. as hospitals and their intensive care units in the area are already packed with COVID-19 patients."Once again we find ourselves dealing with a natural disaster in the midst of a pandemic," said Jennifer Avegno, the top health official for New Orleans.The surge is sparked by the highly contagious delta variant and low vaccination rates across the state. "We’re in a very dangerous place with our hospitals," Gov.