Coronavirus is a 'pandemic of historic proportions,' expert says, as cases climb in South and Southwest

The shortage of hospital beds for coronavirus patients in some areas of the US has officials looking at where they will put people when more come in. In one Texas city, the federal government is going to turn a hotel into what is called a surge hospital. In Georgia, the governor said the state is working unceasingly to prevent hospital bed shortages. The head of a hospital system in hard-hit Miami-Dade County, Florida, told CNN that they plan to convert some regular rooms into ones that can handle the most serious coronavirus patients should the growth in cases continue. Carlos Migoya said the situation is 'very, very tight' at Jackson Health System, but they have stopped doing elective surgeries to help save beds. 'This room is not going to last forever,' if the numbers keep rising, he said.