[ad_1] Hospitals in early Omicron hot spots like New York and Washington, D.C., say the pressure is starting to ease, with many reporting fewer Covid-19 patients filling beds and smaller numbers of staff sidelined by infections. But there is also growing evidence Omicron’s surges, while explosive, can be short lived. “We’re really on that downturn,” […]
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[ad_1] BRASILIA, Brazil — The coronavirus‘ omicron variant starting to barrel across South America is pressuring hospitals whose employees are taking sick leave, leaving facilities understaffed to cope with COVID-19′s third wave. A major hospital in Bolivia’s largest city stopped admitting new patients due to lack of personnel, and one of Brazil’s most populous states […]
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[ad_1] JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A total of 355 patients are hospitalized for COVID-19 in Ballad Health hospitals — the highest hospitalization numbers since Sept. 22 — the health system reported Monday. The 48 COVID patients using ventilators, though, is the lowest total since Dec. 10. PREVIOUS: Ballad Health COVID hospitalizations jump to highest […]
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[ad_1] Newly reported U.S. cases remain in record territory, putting more pressure on hospitals that are already struggling with the explosion of cases resulting from the Omicron variant. The seven-day average for newly reported cases reached nearly 808,000 a day on Saturday, the first time it has topped 800,000, data from Johns Hopkins University show. […]
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