WATCH: Coronavirus pandemic update for Madison/Huntsville
The latest on the pandemic s impact on the area
Posted: Mar 17, 2021 11:57 AM
Updated: Mar 17, 2021 1:02 PM
Posted By: Josh Rayburn
Madison County and Huntsville leaders hosted a Madison County/Huntsville-area coronavirus news conference Wednesday at Huntsville City Hall.
The panel included Huntsville Hospital Senior Vice President of Operations for Emergency and Trauma Tracy Doughty, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle and Huntsville-Madison County Emergency Management Agency Director Jeff Birdwell to update the community on the continued local government and business response to the COVID-19 emergency.
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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.
Huntsville Hospital to administer 1,000 more coronavirus vaccines a week
Adding two more days a week to the John Hunt Park vaccine clinic will help ramp up the distribution in Madison County.
Posted: Jan 20, 2021 6:58 PM
Updated: Jan 20, 2021 8:42 PM
Posted By: Bridget Divers
Huntsville Hospital will start vaccinating a thousand more people a week starting the weekend of Jan. 30 and 31.
Adding two more days a week to the John Hunt Park coronavirus vaccine clinic will help ramp up the distribution of vaccines in Madison County, but more still needs to be done to increase vaccinations. So, by adding the weekend, we re adding a thousand a week extra. So, 500 Saturday, 500 Sunday new vaccines, said Tracy Doughty, Huntsville Hospital Senior Vice-President of Operations.