Javits Center in New York Treating 104 Patients, Pentagon Says

April 8, 2020, 2:20 PM UTC

“The USNS Comfort is accepting trauma, emergency and urgent care patients without regard to their Covid-19 status and has treated 58 patients to date,” the Pentagon says in its daily update on its virus response.

  • Army field hospitals in Seattle have 250 beds and are ready to accept patients; hospital ship Mercy in Los Angeles has 11 beds occupied; Navy facilities in New Orleans have treated 19 patients

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