1,000 U.S. Hospitals Are 'Critically' Short On Staff — And More Expect To Be Soon
As COVID-19 hospitalizations surge, new data released by the federal government show how many hospitals are struggling with staffing.
More than 1,000 hospitals across the United States are "critically" short on staff, according to numbers released this week by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Those hospitals, which span all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, represent about 18% of all hospitals that report their staffing status to HHS. And that number is expected to grow: 21% of all hospitals reporting say they anticipate having critical staffing shortages in the next week.
The worst-hit state is North Dakota with 51% of hospitals that reported saying they're
