>> reporter: china is being overwhelmed by a massive covid surge. hospital emergency rooms packed with patients who are mostly older, weak, and struggling. resources appearing to be stretched so thin, the sick often lying on lawn chairs, instead of hospital beds. they are here in the lobby, near the elevators, and the holways, they are running out of places to put people. the size and scope of covid infections remains unclear here, because of little credible information, and the way china's government counts covid deaths. there are too many, says this funeral provider, about demand. near one hospital, we've seen empty caskets stacked in an alley, officially china has recorded only 18 covid deaths during the past month. >> in the hospital, we are a little bit suspicious, we see the patients with complications and we know the icu and the