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Community Medical Center has banned visitors again as cases of COVID-19 are rising significantly in the area. (Google Maps)
TOMS RIVER, NJ Community Medical Center has banned visitors again as COVID-19 cases begin to rise significantly in the area.
The hospital announced the change in its visitor policy on its website. The policy change, which took effect on Monday, bars visitors in all but a few cases: special needs patients, minors, end-of-life situations and for maternity patients.
Community Medical Center is seeing an increase in COVID-19 patients. The hospital had 62 COVID-19 patients occupying beds for the week ending April 1, according to data supplied by the hospital to the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
UpdatedFri, Dec 18, 2020 at 10:02 am ET
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The limits on visitors remain in most Garden State hospitals, as the pandemic s second wave has kept them in the red zone. (Ashley Ludwig/Patch)
NEW JERSEY - The limits on visitors remain in most Garden State hospitals, as the COVID-19 pandemic s second wave has kept them in the red zone.
Months ago, hospitals across the state in adopting visitation guidelines from the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA). This standardized policy for hospital visitation provides color codes based on the level of virus risk (virus risk is determined by COVID-19 levels in the community, the level of COVID-19 patients at each hospital, staffing levels, and inventories of PPE supplies).