Georgia officials are working to reactivate a temporary field hospital at Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center after hospital chiefs in the state urged Gov. Brian Kemp to come up with more hospital beds so their organizations can maintain elective surgeries, and consequently buoy finances, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.  

Five of Mississippi's largest hospitals ran out of intensive care unit beds July 9 amid a major surge of COVID-19 cases in the state, reports the Jackson Free Press.

Hospital intensive care units at 56 Florida hospitals reached capacity as of July 22, according to data from the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration. 

Unlike the initial surge of COVID-19 in the United States this spring, fewer hospitals are choosing to suspend elective surgeries despite an increase in coronavirus patients in several states. Here are organizations that have done so as of July 10, as well as states or counties that ordered hospitals to suspend or limit elective surgeries until further notice. 

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a proclamation July 9 that will require hospitals in more than 100 counties to suspend elective care.

As coronavirus hospitalizations surge in South Carolina, Tidelands Health is rescheduling inpatient elective surgeries and working to increase its workforce, according to WPDE.

More than 75 percent of South Carolina's hospital beds are in use, according to a July 8 release from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has suspended some elective surgeries at Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center in Las Vegas to free up capacity, according to TV station KVVU. 

Hospital intensive care units at 40 Florida hospitals reached capacity as of July 9, according to data from the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration. 

Tampa-based HCA Healthcare West Florida Division said 11 hospitals in Hillsborough, Pasco, Hernando, Citrus, Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties will delay some inpatient surgeries and procedures to free up capacity amid a surge of COVID-19 patients.

WellSpan Waynesboro (Pa.) Hospital plans to close its birthing unit and end inpatient pediatric services on Sept. 18, the organization announced July 7. 

Integris Health has reopened a hospital campus in Oklahoma City to help it manage a surge of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. 

Hospital intensive care units at 50 Florida hospitals reached capacity as of July 8, according to data from the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration. 

Several healthcare organizations recently closed medical units or terminated services to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or prevent patient care lapses. Here are six that have announced or completed closures in the last three weeks:

Six-hospital Memorial Healthcare System is suspending all elective, non-urgent and non-emergency procedures, effective July 8. 

Dignity Health is suspending elective surgeries at its Mercy hospitals in Bakersfield, Calif., to allocate resources to increased COVID-19 cases, according to KGET.

A man armed with a gun was shot and killed by police after trying to enter Milwaukee VA Medical Center July 6, according to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital is suspending elective surgeries that require overnight stays to free up beds and staff to care for COVID-19 patients, according to AL.com. 

A Connecticut hospital has suspended childbirth services and notified the state health department that it will soon file a public notice to permanently end the services, according to The Day.

Starting July 10, BayCare Health System will begin reducing the number of nonurgent surgeries performed at its Pinellas County hospitals in Florida, to make sure they can accommodate the increasing number of COVID-19 patients.