Hospital officials see decrease in COVID-19 patient hospitalizations
COVID-19 Hospitalization Update By Stefante Randall | January 22, 2021 at 7:40 PM CST - Updated January 22 at 9:46 PM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Across the state of Alabama, there are more than 2,400 COVID patients in the hospital.
But that’s down from more than 3,000 just 10 days ago. WAFF 48 talked to local hospital leaders who said patient numbers are finally going down.
186 people are in the hospital with COVID in Madison County as of Friday. Two weeks ago, that number peaked at 270.
“I think the 270 peak was probably from the Christmas time, Thanksgiving around that time that break and we’ve seen those patients, but we haven’t seen the New Year’s Eve spike based on our numbers. We think we are on a decline,” said Huntsville Hospital Senior Vice President of Operations Tracy Doughty.
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Update on Huntsville Hospital COVID-19 numbers By Kate Smith | December 29, 2020 at 5:15 PM CST - Updated December 29 at 5:33 PM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - In December, more than 66,000 Americans died from COVID-19, making this month the deadliest month so far in the pandemic.
Both Moderna and Pfizer’s vaccines have been distributed to front line workers across the country, but experts expect a drastic surge following the holidays.
System wide, there are a little shy of 500 inpatients within the Huntsville Hospital Health System. There are 242 inpatients in Madison County. That’s up 30 inpatients over the last two weeks with more than 100 employees in quarantine.