Dubuque Hospitals At Full Capacity Due To COVID

A combination of rising COVID-19 hospitalizations and workforce shortages have Dubuque’s hospitals running at capacity. Officials at both MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center and UnityPoint Health-Finley Hospital said they are seeing the effects of the recent COVID-19 surge and feeling the impacts of an ongoing labor shortage. Meanwhile, health care providers across the wider region also are feeling the strain of rising hospitalizations. As of Wednesday, 53 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19 between MercyOne and Finley, a number that has been rising in recent weeks. Of Wednesday’s total, 33 people were hospitalized at MercyOne and 20 were hospitalized at Finley.