Triad health care providers urge public not to relax in fight against COVID-19

As the summer comes closer to a close, the fight against COVID-19 is still raging on. Triad health care providers are reminding people the pandemic is far from over.

As the summer comes closer to a close, the fight against COVID-19 is still raging on. Triad health care providers are reminding people the pandemic is far from over.

AFTER THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEN D.DHHS ADDED 25,188 NEW CONFIRME CASES OF COVID-19 SATURDAY. THAT'’ AN AVERAGE OFBO AUT 6,300 RPE DAY 13.7% OF TESTS RETURNED WERE POSITIVE. THAT’S UP ABOUT TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS FROM THE LAST TIME THAT METRIC WAS RELEASED MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED RIGHTOW N MORE THAN 3700 PATIENTS ARE SO SICK THERE IN THE HOSPITAL BATTLING THE VIRUS OUT OF THAT GROUP 927 PEOPLE ARE IN INTENSIVE CARE. AND SADLY 123 MORE PEOPLE HAVE DIED WITH COV NIDORTH CAROLINA’S DEATH TOLL IS NOW 14,831. AREA HOSPITAL SYSTEMS ARE FEELING THE STRNAI AS COVID-19 CASES INCREASED ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST CONE HEALTH AND NOVANT HEAHLT ALL SAY THEY’VE SEEN A SURGE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS AS FORD HATCHET REPORTS DOCRSTO SAY THOSE PATIENTS HAVE FOUR FACTORS IN COMMON. AS FOOTBALL STADIUMS BEGIN TO FILL AND PEOPLE GET CLOSER TO RESUMING THEIR NORMALIL VES. HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THE PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER. WHEN YOU GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, IT DOESN’T FEEL LIKE WE’RE HAVING A HEALTH CRISIS, BUT WHEN YOU WALK IN THE DOORS OF ANY OFUR O HOSPITALS, IT’S READILY APPARENT THAT WE ARE HAVING A CRISIS. DOCTSOR FROM NOVANT HEALTH CEON HEALTH AND ATRIUM HEALTH THAT WAKE FOREST BAPTISTS SAY A COMBINED 754 COVID PATIENTS ARE CURRENTLY BEING HOSPITALIZED OF THAT GROUP. 685 OF THOSE PATIENTS ARE UNVACCINATED AND I TELL YOU WHEN WE SEE ALL OF THESE UNVACCINATED PEOPLE IN OUR HOSPITAL EROV 90% ARE ON VACCINATED IT REALLY TUGS ON HER HEART BECAUSE IT’S PREVENTABLE. IT’S A PREVENTABLE HOSPITALIZATION ALL THREE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS SAY THEIR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTSRE A BUSY DAN THEIR STAFFS ARE FATIGUED. WE HAVE HAD AN INFLUX OF A LOT OF PATIENTS AND SOME OF OUR EMERGENCY ROOMS ANDE W DO HAVE TO CAREFULLY ORCHESTRATE TO ENSURING THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO ADM AITS MANY PATIENTS AS WE CAN. THE DOCTORS FEARHE T LABOR DAY HOLIDAY COULD ADD TO GROWING COVID-19 CASE COUNTS, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE A BED TO ANY PATIENT WHO NEEDS ONE. SOMETIMES THATAY M NOT BE IN THE HOSPITAL. ATTH THEY PRESENTED WE’VEAD H TO TRANSFER PATIENTS BETWEEN ALL OF OUR HOSPITALS TO ABSORB THE VOLUME AND IF YOU’RE STILL LOOKING FOR YOUR VACCINE YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION ON TIMES AND LOCATIONS WHERE IT’S AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND WINSTON-SALEM

Triad health care providers urge public not to relax in fight against COVID-19

As the summer comes closer to a close, the fight against COVID-19 is still raging on. Triad health care providers are reminding people the pandemic is far from over.

As the summer comes closer to a close, the fight against COVID-19 is still raging on. Triad health care providers are reminding people the pandemic is far from over."When you go out in the community you wouldn’t know we are having a health crisis," Dr. John Mann, of Novant Health, said. "But when you go in the doors of any of our hospitals it’s readily apparent we are having a health crisis.”Doctors from Novant, Cone and Atrium Health at Wake Forest Baptist say a combined 754 COVID-19 patients are currently being hospitalized and 685 of those patients are unvaccinated."When we see all these unvaccinated people in our hospital, over 90% unvaccinated, it really tugs on our heart because it’s preventable," Dr. Christopher Ohl, of Atrium Health at Wake Forest Baptist, said. "It’s a preventable hospitalization.”All three hospitals said their emergency departments are busy and their staffs are fatigued."We have had an influx of a lot of patients in our emergency rooms and we do have to have carefully orchestrate to ensure we’re admitting as many patients as we possibly can," Cone Health's Dr. Cynthia Snider said.The doctors fear the labor day holiday could add to the growing covid case counts. But as of right now, they have been able to give a bed to any patient that needs one."Sometimes that may not be in the hospital they presented in," Mann said. "We’ve had to transfer patients between all of our hospitals to absorb the volume.”The doctors said the best way to protect yourself and others is to get vaccinated. If you're still looking for a vaccine, click here to find a location and time where one is available.

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As the summer comes closer to a close, the fight against COVID-19 is still raging on. Triad health care providers are reminding people the pandemic is far from over.

"When you go out in the community you wouldn’t know we are having a health crisis," Dr. John Mann, of Novant Health, said. "But when you go in the doors of any of our hospitals it’s readily apparent we are having a health crisis.”

Doctors from Novant, Cone and Atrium Health at Wake Forest Baptist say a combined 754 COVID-19 patients are currently being hospitalized and 685 of those patients are unvaccinated.

"When we see all these unvaccinated people in our hospital, over 90% unvaccinated, it really tugs on our heart because it’s preventable," Dr. Christopher Ohl, of Atrium Health at Wake Forest Baptist, said. "It’s a preventable hospitalization.”

All three hospitals said their emergency departments are busy and their staffs are fatigued.

"We have had an influx of a lot of patients in our emergency rooms and we do have to have carefully orchestrate to ensure we’re admitting as many patients as we possibly can," Cone Health's Dr. Cynthia Snider said.

The doctors fear the labor day holiday could add to the growing covid case counts. But as of right now, they have been able to give a bed to any patient that needs one.

"Sometimes that may not be in the hospital they presented in," Mann said. "We’ve had to transfer patients between all of our hospitals to absorb the volume.”

The doctors said the best way to protect yourself and others is to get vaccinated. If you're still looking for a vaccine, click here to find a location and time where one is available.

Triad health care providers urge public not to relax in fight against COVID-19

As the summer comes closer to a close, the fight against COVID-19 is still raging on. Triad health care providers are reminding people the pandemic is far from over.

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