According to Gizmodo, Alabama is running out of ICU beds for coronavirus patients.<br />A Johns Hopkins University tracker reports that there are 13,414 cases of coronavirus and 529 deaths in Alabama. <br />This is a rise in cases from a total of 9,385 cases and 383 deaths two weeks ago.<br />Alabama’s governor, Kay Ivey, continues to lift restrictions put in place in April, to slow the spread of coronavirus. <br />At a press conference on Thursday, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed said “Right now, if you are from Montgomery and you need an ICU bed, you are in trouble.” <br />COVID patients in Montgomery have to go to Birmingham where there are still some ICU beds available. <br />Part of the capacity challenge is that Montgomery is being overwhelmed with patients from rural parts of Alabama where ICU beds don’t exist.
