Health official warns that caregivers are becoming exhausted

ST. LOUIS (AP) - A top St. Louis area health official is warning that doctors and nurses are becoming exhausted as the virus surges and that the tempo gives them ``little room to maneuver.''

Dr. Alex Garza, who leads a pandemic task force of 22 hospitals, said an average of more than 100 COVID-19 patients have been admitted every day to those hospitals for over a month.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the hospitals' intensive care and medical units are about 85% full on average.

More than 20 COVID-19 patients are dying every day.