beaumont health system overwhelmed with 800 covid patients at eight hospitals. now setting up outdoor triage centers to handle the surge. >> where we currently are, in our third surge, which is just like a runaway train right now. >> reporter: 24 of michigan's hospitals are at 90% capacity. >> the health-care workers are tired, they're frustrated. they're being told to do more with less. >> reporter: across the country covid cases climbing 31% in the last month. and today, frustration boiling over on capitol hill. dr. fauci facing off with congressman jim jordan. >> when do americans get their freedom back? >> when we get the level of ifection in this country low enough that it is not a really high -- >> what is low enough? give me a number. >> reporter: dr. fauci then saying this isn't about liberties. it's about the hundreds of thousands of lives lost. >> right now we have about 60,000 infections a day, which is a very large risk for a surge. we're not talking about liberties.