A letter to the community, sent from the health system, started with Things are bad.
Lake Regional says six COVID-19 patients have died since July 1. In comparison, six COVID-19 patients died in all of June and only one COVID-related death occurred in May. So far in July, Lake Regional has averaged 21 COVID-positive inpatients daily, or 25% of its total inpatient census.Â
The letter continued, And things are about to get worse. Â Dane Henry, CEO of Lake Regional Health System, echoed the letter and said he s not exactly worried with what s happening now, but what s to come.
On Wednesday, a hot spot advisory was issued by the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS) in Miller, Morgan and Camden counties. DHSS warned health care providers that there is a spike of cases expected in those counties due to low vaccination rates and because of a surge of cases in southwest Missouri.Â
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