DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) As North Carolina reports the highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations thus far in the pandemic, central NC hospitals are filling up fast.
Data from the US Department of Health and Human Services updated this week shows that COVID-19 is having a greater impact on the Triangle s hospitals.
During the week from December 4 to December 10, Duke University Hospital had an average of 63 adult patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 in inpatient beds each day, an increase of seven patients from the previous week. That number includes 24 patients in the ICU with COVID-19 on average each day, an increase of five patients from the week before.