Corridor Business Journal: Mercy Cedar Rapids and UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids jointly announced Thursday that in response to a marked increase in COVID-19 inpatient hospitalizations, all elective, non-urgent surgeries are being temporarily postponed. The rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations is increasingly straining both hospitals’ capacity and staffing, officials said in a joint news release, and the decision to postpone elective surgeries will “maintain capacity to care for all.”