Last Update: Wednesday, August 19th:
Total patients tested: 6,112
- Negative results: 5,588
- Pending results: 109
- Positive results: 384 (only 6.3% of patients are testing positive)
The total positive does not include a repeat positive for the same patient.
We have an increase of 14 new positive patients since 8/19/20.
Out of the 14 new positive patients since 8/19; 6 of those patients have required inpatient care and 8 patients were treated as outpatients.
Emergency Department/ACC: No reported issues
Inpatients: Our inpatient census is averaging 5 inpatients who are Covid+. We have 2 Covid+ patients on a vent at this time.
Priority Care: We are seeing 45-50 patients per day. Around 25-30 of those patients are presenting with suspected-Covid symptoms, but most are still testing negative for Covid.
Surgery: Surgical volumes are back to pre-Covid norms. We have not had a Covid+ surgical patient in two weeks now. We continue to test each scheduled surgical patient a few days prior to surgery.
Visiting hours: There are no changes to our current visitation hours at this time. Visiting hours are listed on the website at https://www.mymhp.org/patients-guests/general-resources/visitor-information/.