Cone Health employees gathered, for the very first time, since the Green Valley campus closed. In 2020, this became state's only dedicated COVID hospital
DHHS reported more than 3,300 hospitalizations Tuesday. About 200 of those are at Cone Health facilities. Author: Itinease McMiller Updated: 7:44 PM EST December 29, 2020
GREENSBORO, N.C. The number of people in the hospital fighting coronavirus continue to rise.
More than 3,300 across North Carolina, as of Tuesday.
Beds are filling up and Cone Health facilities are seeing their highest patient count since the start of the pandemic.
Medical Director at Cone Health, Dr. Jeffery McLung said 200 patients are currently in their COVID-19 unit.
“We already have a strain on the system because of the usual increase in volume we see in the winter time anyway,” Dr. McLung said. “COVID really adds to that.”