UPDATES FROM INCIDENT COMMAND:

  • Overall update: Incident Command has decreased to weekly meetings on Wednesday mornings. Shelby County has been designated as ORANGE in this week’s county color code advisory map based on the 7-day average of positive cases and rate of cases per 100,000. Shelby County’s positivity rate has decreased to 10.87% and the State’s positivity rate is now 8.1%. Hospitalization rates have decreased by over 50% since November with just under 1,600 hospitalized patients across the State currently. At its height, Indiana had 3,400 hospitalized patients. Please visit https://www.coronavirus.in.gov/2393.htm for additional information.
  • MHP Vaccination Clinic: We are averaging 200 scheduled vaccination appointments per day. We continue to have a 5% “no show” rate. When that occurs, we call the eligible wait listed patients and give them the vaccine instead. A patient who “no shows” will have to reregister and get back in line in order to receive the vaccine.
  • Bamlanivimab "Bam” monoclonal drug for Covid treatment. We have infused 452 patients with this Eli Lilly monoclonal drug. The patients who have received this infusion are doing well. We have a sufficient supply of both Regeneron and Bamlanivimab for our current needs.
  • Emergency Department visitation: We are now limiting the Emergency Department visitation to one designated visitor per patient. The same visitation rules apply for surgery. If the patient is a pediatric patient, we allow a maximum of two designated visitors per patient.
  • Nursing Homes: Locally, nursing home resident outbreaks have ceased. Residents are starting to receive their 2nd round of the vaccine this week and next week.

MHP TESTING STATUS:

  • Number of NEW positive results: 86 new positive cases since 1/27/2020
    • Out of the 86 new positive cases, 11 patients required inpatient care and 75 remained outpatient.

MHP INPATIENT STATUS:

  • Current number of 3rd floor inpatients: 23 inpatients and 4 of those patients are in the Critical Care Unit (CCU).
    • Number of available 3rd floor beds: 17
  • Currently, we have 8 inpatients that have tested positive for COVID.

VENT STATUS:

  • Number of vents currently in use and number of vents available: We have 1 ventilator(s) in use; 2 BiPAPs in use; and 2 trilogy units are in use. This leaves us with 16 ventilation units available.

MHP EMERGENCY DEPT STATUS:

  • Volumes in the Emergency Department have increased slightly with an average of 62 patients every 24 hours. 45% of those patients met our level 1 or level 2 high acuity status.