Huntsville Hospital converting more areas to ICU beds for COVID positive patients
Update on Huntsville Hospital COVID-19 numbers
By Kate Smith | December 29, 2020 at 5:15 PM CST - Updated December 29 at 5:33 PM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - In December, more than 66,000 Americans died from COVID-19, making this month the deadliest month so far in the pandemic.
Both Moderna and Pfizer’s vaccines have been distributed to front line workers across the country, but experts expect a drastic surge following the holidays.
System wide, there are a little shy of 500 inpatients within the Huntsville Hospital Health System. There are 242 inpatients in Madison County. That’s up 30 inpatients over the last two weeks with more than 100 employees in quarantine.