Oroville Hospital preparing for current surge in COVID-19 cases

The Oroville Hospital is doing all they can to stay prepared for the current surge in coronavirus cases.

Hospital workers in butte county are also up against surging sickness right now.

Action news now reporter dani masten shows us how oroville hospital is handling the challenges of this pandemic.

Dani masten right now -the oroville hospital is able to manage the amount of people coming into their hospital and they have a plan in case that changes.

Dr. roy shannon/ head of infection control for covid crisis "everybody is just stepping up and doing what we need to do to get it done."

Dani asking question: "people are concerned that we are going to see a major influx in cases.

Are you concerned we are going to see this after thanksgiving?"

Sot/dr. roy shannon/ head of infection control for covid crisis "well i am concerned everyday about maybe more and i think the more people worry about what will happen thanksgiving& the less it will happen.

I hope people really worry about getting together in big groups and then don't do it."

Head of infection control for the covid crisis at oroville hospital roy shannon tells action news now covid 19 cases are going up every day at the hospital.

Sot/dr. roy shannon/ head of infection control for covid crisis "we go through a lot of tests."

And doing what they can to deal with the surge in patients sot/dr. roy shannon/ head of infection control for covid crisis "we will take care of our community.

If they come in sick, we will take care of them.

We will figure out how to do it.

I can't exactly tell you how we will do it because some of the decisions we have to make on the spur of the moment or day by day but we will figure out how to take care of our community."

Shannon says the week of december 7th is we could see a big spke in cases.

Sot/dr. roy shannon/ head of infection control for covid crisis "cause that would be 10 or 11 days after thanksgiving and that is where you would expect the peak of infections that people have gotten and infected over thanksgiving.

We are going to worry about it."

He says right now- the hospital is doing more than 200 coronavirus tests every day.

In orovilleÃim dani masten, action news now coverage you can count on.

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