The Triad and North Carolina jumped again to record-high levels for COVID-19 hospitalizations in Monday s report from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.
There were 3,192 North Carolinians hospitalized with COVID-19 as of noon Monday. That s up 69 from the previous high of 3,123 on Sunday.
The pandemic s squeeze on the Triad s three major health care systems tightened again last week in patients requiring care in intensive-care units.
The 17-county Triad region had a daily record of 934 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, up from 15 from the previous record of 919 on Sunday.
The region has had more COVID-19 hospitalizations than any other region in the state for the past 10 weeks. However, the Charlotte region currently has 793 COVID-19-related hospitalizations.
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The county health department received its first allocation of the Moderna vaccine at 2,800 doses.
Among the 10 county officials receiving the vaccination were Tim Black, the emergency services director, and nurse Amanda Welborn.
The department s initial doses will be administered using the guidelines set for Phase 1A of the stateâs vaccine rollout plan.
Those receiving those initial vaccinations will be health-care employees working directly with COVID-19 patients and long-term care residents and staff. People can find out about the county s vaccine doses at www.forsyth.cc/PublicHealth.
Meanwhile, Novant Health Inc. infectious disease expert Dr. David Priest said Tuesday that more than 3,400 Novant employees have been vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine.
The Triad s three major health care systems are stressing they have enough intensive care unit-bed capacity to manage the latest COVID-19 hospitalization surge.
However, a national COVID-19 ICU-bed interactive map posted by The New York Times â updated weekly â shows how much strain Cone Health, Novant Health and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center are experiencing.
The dashboard is based on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data, currently for a seven-day period ending Dec. 10.
Dr. Brent McQuaid is first in line to get the COVID-19 vaccine at the Cone Health Green Valley campus in Greensboro on Dec. 18, 2020.
Moses Cone Hospital was listed with 246 COVID-19 patients and 17 available ICU beds, along with affiliate Alamance Regional Medical Center with 36 COVID-19 patients and three available ICU beds.
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