NH COVID-19 hospitalizations fall, but hospitals still experiencing post-holiday surge
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Show Transcript MOVING PATIENTS TO OTHER FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE THEY GET PROPER CARE. EVERY DAY, WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE RIGHT ON THE KNIFE EDGE. I THINK WE ARE IN THE WORST OF IT RIGHT NOW, YEAH. JESSICA: CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER IN MANCHESTER AND ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL IN NASHUA SAY THEIR INTENSIVE CARE UNITS ARE AT OR NEAR CAPACITY. UNFORTUNATELY, IT’S NOT GOING VERY WELL. WE’VE HAD A SIGNIFICANTLY STRAINED CAPACITY. JESSICA: WHILE COVID-19 CASES AND DEATHS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE CONTINUE TO RISE, HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE RECENTLY GONE DOWN, BUT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS SAY DON’T READ TOO MUCH INTO THAT. WHILE THE OVERALL NUMBER HAS GONE DOWN, WE ARE SEEING INCREASES IN HOSPITALIZATIONS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE, SO WHILE THE OVERALL NUMBER MAY COME DOWN, IT MAY MASK WHAT INDIVIDUAL H