Sauer said the end of last week reached nearly 600 COVID hospitalizations. In comparison, she noted that April saw an average of 230 COVID hospitalizations on any given day. “Right now, we’re in the ‘very concerned’ stage,” she said.
State hospital leaders are alarmed at the recent rise in COVID hospitalizations.
“The good news on COVID is that most people are not getting as sick from COVID as they were in the past,” Sauer said.“This variant [BA.2] seems to not make people quite as sick. We have a high vaccination rate — and vaccination definitely protects people from severe illness, hospitalization, and death,” she said. “And we have a better understanding of the disease and more effective treatments available.
Some of those patients are people who delayed routine care during the pandemic and are now discovering problems at more serious stages.
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