California Gov. Gavin Newsom lifted a statewide hold on hospital elective procedures April 22. 

Fourteen hospital and health system leaders shared the most challenging aspects of resuming elective surgeries, the first steps they are taking to reschedule elective procedures that were canceled last month, and how they are collaborating with health officials. 

Leaders at Lansing, Mich.-based Sparrow Hospital are recommending COVID-19 patients use ride-sharing services upon discharge if they have no other way to get home, according to the Lansing State Journal.

Many hospitals and health systems on the Texas Medical Center campus in Houston are starting to resume elective care and procedures April 22, according to the Houston Chronicle.

After pushback from people with disabilities and minority communities, Massachusetts is changing its guidelines on deciding who gets ventilators and intensive care beds in the event of an unmanageable surge of COVID-19 patients, according to NPR radio station WBUR.

Within six weeks, UPMC plans to return elective surgeries to the level they were before the coronavirus pandemic shut them down, despite a ban on the surgeries ordered by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf in March, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

COVID-19 patients from Northern Arizona and the Navajo Nation soon may be airlifted to New Mexico for care, after health officials expressed concerns that the major hospital in the Flagstaff, Ariz., area has reached its capacity, according to AZCentral.com.

Four healthcare groups have developed a roadmap to guide physicians, nurses and facilities in their resumption of elective surgeries when the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic ends.

Nearly 30 states are projected to see peak demand for hospital resources due to COVID-19 in the last two weeks of April and early May, according to updated projections from the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle. 

Beaumont Health has temporarily closed its hospital in Wayne, Mich., and is redeploying hospital staff to other Beaumont sites.

More than a dozen people were hospitalized in Chicago April 15 after icy conditions caused a massive expressway pileup involving about 60 vehicles, reports the Chicago Tribune.

Bluefield (W.Va.) Regional Medical Center ceased operations of its OB-GYN and surgical services departments due to financial strains from COVID-19, according to the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.

Integris has temporarily halted most services at one of its hospitals in Oklahoma City, according to TV station KOKH. 

Peak demand for hospital resources due to COVID-19 is expected this week in the U.S., according to updated projections from the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle. 

Ride-share company Lyft expanded its partnerships with hospitals and state Medicaid agencies to help patients access treatment amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

As the COVID-19 pandemic escalates in the U.S., hospitals are looking for ways to immediately free up critical resources like beds, ventilators and personal protective equipment.

St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles closed in January. On April 13, it will reopen as a COVID-19 treatment center. 

The demand for hospital beds in the U.S. is projected to far exceed capacity by mid-April, according to an analysis from the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle. 

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals plans to triple its intensive care unit capacity by May to address the surge in COVID-19 patients.

Peak demand for hospital resources due to COVID-19 is expected by mid-April in the U.S., according to an analysis from the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle.