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Louisiana hospital bed shortage as COVID-19 surge worsens

by Melinda DeslatteKevin McGILL
| January 6, 2021 4:06 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As a slow distribution of the coronavirus vaccine rolls out across Louisiana, hospital leaders warned Wednesday that they are running dangerously short of beds because of the influx of COVID-19 patients, a situation only expected to worsen after the holidays.

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