Some hospitals in Washington are experiencing an influx of COVID-19 patients from neighboring Idaho, where crisis standards of care for hospitals are currently activated for the state's northern region, according to The New York Times.

Lewis County Health System, a single hospital system in Lowville, N.Y., temporarily will close its maternity unit due to staffing challenges worsened by the number of workers unwilling to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to NNY360.com. 

Intermountain Healthcare said it is joining other U.S. hospitals and health systems that have delayed nonemergency surgeries amid a COVID-19 surge fueled by the highly transmissible delta variant.

Dallas-based Steward Health Care plans to end maternity and obstetrics services at Sharon (Pa.) Regional Medical Center by Dec. 31, local news station WKBN reported Sept. 9. 

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

As hospitals across the U.S. grapple with a rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations fueled by the highly transmissible delta variant, some are postponing nonemergency procedures to ensure they can adequately care for critical coronavirus patients. 

Quitman Community Hospital, a rural hospital in Marks, Miss., plans to reopen after being closed for about five years, Fox 13 Memphis reported Sept. 8. 

Amid rising COVID-19 cases, Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital is canceling all nonessential outpatient surgeries and procedures, effective Sept. 8, reports Fox affiliate WAGA-TV.

Louisiana hospitals continue to battle the effects of Hurricane Ida, which made landfall in the state Aug. 29 and left damage at healthcare facilities.

With COVID-19 hospitalizations reaching system records four days in a row, Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health is getting explicit about what medical needs call for the emergency room. 

As COVID-19 surges across the nation, some hospitals are hitting capacity, setting up overflow units and tents to meet patient demand.

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine is moving all obstetric and neonatal services at its McHenry (Ill.) Hospital to one in Huntley, Ill., according to the Daily Herald. 

Saint Alphonsus and St. Luke's health systems, both based in Boise, Idaho, will pause some nonemergency surgeries and procedures amid a COVID-19 surge.

In the wake of Hurricane Ida, critically ill infants were transported from Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans to Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to Becker's.

Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, Pa., owned by Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, will end surgical and acute inpatient care Sept. 17, but the hospital will continue to offer emergency and outpatient services. 

Kaiser Permanente is postponing nonurgent surgeries and procedures at its Moanalua Medical Center in Honolulu amid the latest COVID-19 wave, the Oakland, Calif.-based health system said in an Aug. 27 news release.

Louisiana hospitals are grappling simultaneously with COVID-19 patients and storm damage in the wake of Hurricane Ida, which has wreaked havoc over the southeastern part of the state.  

Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Ill., is pausing elective surgeries for nearly three weeks due to a lack of anesthesia providers, the Daily Herald reported Aug. 30. 

Barton Memorial Hospital in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., evacuated all of its patients because of the approaching Caldor Fire, according to an Aug. 29 news release. 

Several Louisiana hospitals are grappling with storm damage and generator failures as Hurricane Ida slams the state, bringing torrential rainfall and wind gusts of over 100 miles per hour.