Hackensack (N.J.) Meridian Health's Palisades Medical Center, a 202-bed hospital in North Bergen, N.J., temporarily diverted ambulances to other facilities after a COVID-19 outbreak among staff, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker's.

Rhode Island's largest health system, Providence-based Lifespan, opened a 600-bed field hospital as its standard medical and surgical beds fill. 

An ambulance crew took a COVID-19 patient from Holy Cross Hospital in Nogales, Ariz., to the Nogales International Airport for a long-haul transfer instead of bringing the patient to a neighboring county's hospital due to an apparent capacity crunch, the Nogales International reported Dec. 1. 

Dallas-based Steward Health Care plans to close the maternity ward at its hospital in Warren, Ohio, according to news station WYTV.

McLaren Port Huron hospital in Michigan was diverting all ambulance traffic with the exception of life-threatening emergencies as of Dec. 1 due to high emergency room volume and inpatient occupancy, reports the Times Herald. 

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center will accept adult patients when possible to help amid a surge of COVID-19, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Several healthcare organizations recently closed medical units or ended services to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or prevent patient care lapses. 

Grace Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas, will permanently close its emergency department Dec. 5, according to The Lubbock Avalanche Journal. 

Hospitals across West Virginia will start limiting elective surgery cases to help the state respond to the COVID-19 resurgence, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said Nov. 30.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered hospitals in Erie County to halt elective surgeries to ensure there are enough beds to care for COVID-19 patients.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is warning of a potentially overwhelmed healthcare system in the state if COVID-19 trends continue, according to CNN and NPR.

Rhode Island opened a field hospital for COVID-19 patients Nov. 30 as hospitals fill up statewide, according to The Providence Journal.

The United States recorded 90,481 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 Nov. 26, marking the 17th consecutive day of record hospitalizations and the first time the daily count topped 90,000, according to The COVID Tracking Project. 

CMS is giving hospitals facing a surge of COVID-19 patients expanded flexibility to care for Medicare patients in their homes, the department announced Nov. 25. 

To expand capacity at its northwest Wisconsin hospitals, Mayo Clinic Health System is placing beds in waiting rooms, surgical spaces and a heated parking garage, according to Wisconsin Public Radio.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order Nov. 23 that allows hospitals at capacity to stop admitting new patients and transfer patients to other hospitals, according to The Hill. 

St. Louis Children's Hospital, part of BJC HealthCare, is treating adult patients with COVID-19, a spokesperson told St. Louis Public Radio Nov. 20. 

National Guard members in Vermont started rebuilding a 250-bed field hospital at the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex as a precautionary step amid rising COVID-19 cases, reports the Vermont Digger.

UW Medicine in Seattle is suspending nonemergency surgeries that require hospitalization, effective Nov. 23 through Feb. 1, according to The Seattle Times. 

Elkhart (Ind.) General Hospital was forced to divert ambulances for only the second time in 20 years amid a surge in COVID-19 patients, reports NBC News.