COVID-19 has placed a huge strain on the resources of the country's hospitals. That is especially true of Roseland Community Hospital, a small but vital safety-net hospital on Chicago's South Side.

CGTN was allowed exclusive access to the hospital that was already facing a funding shortage and is now, according to hospital administrators, hanging by a thread.

And the death toll in the U.S. from the pandemic continues to rise and now tops 60,000.

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