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Full hospitals, talk of rationing care: New wave of coronavirus cases strains resources A health-care worker performs a coronavirus test at a drive-through site in Mesquite, Tex., in August. (Cooper Neill/Bloomberg News) With  coronavirus  hospitalizations surging in much of the United States and daily cases hitting all-time highs, the pandemic is putting new strain on local health systems, prompting plans for makeshift medical centers and new talk of rationing care. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. In Texas, authorities are scrambling to shore up resources in El Paso, where intensive care units hit full capacity on Saturday and where covid-19 hospitalizations have  nearly quadrupled  to almost 800 in less than three weeks. In Utah, the state hospital association warned that if current trends hold, it will soon have to ask the governor to invoke “crisis standards of care” — a triage system that, for example, favors younger patients. “It’s an extreme situation...