Fact check: Did some COVID-19 patients die because they couldn't access a ventilator?
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said: "In some of these other states, some of their deaths can be attributable to the fact that they were having a hard time getting an ICU bed or a ventilator to a patient." PolitiFact struggled to find specific examples of someone dying because they couldn't access a ventilator or ICU bed.
Paul Specht, PolitiFact reporter