Good Morning America: Steep Increase of COVID hospitalizations

Good Morning America reports on COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations drastically increasing with the delta variant across the country. 

Dr. Andrew Schlachter, pulmonologist and critical care physician at Saint Luke's Health System, speaks about hospitals battling COVID-19 and the patients we are seeing the in hospital. 

Watch the full story below. 

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