Unvaccinated COVID hospitalizations in and around Omaha are “skyrocketing.”

That according to officials with Nebraska Medicine in Omaha.

At the same time the Douglas County Health Department reports 11 deaths in the last week, 8 of those were unvaccinated.

In addition local health officials report nearly 2,000 new cases since last Tuesday.

[See and hear one ICU nurse's recent struggles above]

At one point that found Nebraska Medicine with no available ICU beds.

With those ICU beds filled, Nebraska Medicine opened up several more COVID units to accommodate even more seriously ill COVID patients.

The hospital tells us that further reduced capacity for patients with non-COVID related illnesses.