“What we’re seeing here in the hospital is a much larger population of patients that range from mid-30s to the late 50s. They’re younger and sicker for sure.”
As the Delta variant of the coronavirus has spiked in areas of the country with low vaccination rates, the staff at Missouri’s Mercy Hospital Springfield has struggled to keep pace.
As of July 13, Mercy Hospital Springfield was treating 130 COVID-19 patients. Of those, 34 were in the intensive care unit and 30 were on a ventilator. To accommodate the surge of patients, the hospital added a sixth COVID-19 unit over the weekend. Only five were needed last year during the first surge of coronavirus cases in the area.“What we’re seeing here in the hospital is a much larger population of patients that range from mid-30s to the late 50s,” Frederick said.
Last spring, as the coronavirus began spreading quickly across New York City, NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest public health care system in the U.S., was at the epicenter of the nation’s battle against COVID-19. By the end of last year’s surge, NYC Health + Hospitals had treated over 25,000 COVID-19 patients, pushing its staff to the limits. This year, however, is a markedly different story. As of July 14, the city’s seven-day daily average for hospitalizations stood at 18.
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