Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has deployed 1,500 national guard troops into the hospitals to deal with the crisis caused by the surge in COVID-19 cases from the Delta variant. “To support our hospitals overstretched by patients during the Delta surge, I’m deploying 500 Oregon National Guard members, initially, to hospitals across the state,” Brown announced on yesterday, adding that, eventually, “up to 1,500 Guard members will be available to support our hospital workers as needed. I cannot emphasize enough the seriousness of this crisis for all Oregonians, especially those who might need emergency or intensive care.”