Health systems based in Roanoke, Lynchburg and Southside collectively report an eighth consecutive week of fewer patients hospitalized for treatment of COVID-19. The trend holds true as well for those patients under intensive care and on ventilators. The hospital numbers are down more than two-thirds from their mid-January peak.
MARCH 17 NEWS RELEASE: Here are updated numbers for the Near Southwest Region (which includes Carilion, Centra, LewisGale, Sovah, and Salem VA facilities) as of today:
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients: 137
ICU patients: 25
Ventilator patients: 15
Hospitalized PUIs (patients under investigation awaiting results): 7
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JANUARY 13 NEWS RELEASE: Here are updated numbers for the Near Southwest Region (which includes Carilion, Centra, LewisGale, Sovah, and Salem VA facilities) as of today:
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients: 450
ICU patients: 96
Ventilator patients: 55
Hospitalized PUIs (patients under investigation awaiting results): 30
