Hospitals seeing a bump in COVID-19 patients needing ventilators

COVID-RELATED DEATHS IN KERNCOUNTY HAS NOW REACHEDANOTHER PLATEAU.THE DASHBOARD IS SHOWING NINENEW DEATHS ATTRIBUTED TOTHE CORONAVIRUS..

PUSHING THETOTAL NUMBERSINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN TO 600.THERE ARE 335 COVID PATIENTSCURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED.THERE ARE ALSO 643 NEW CASESWERE REPORTED TODAY..

BRINGINGTHE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES TO 91THOUSAND 762.MORE THAN 29-THOUSAND 500 PEOPLEINFECTED WITH THE VIRUSARE REPORTEDLY ISOLATING ATHOME.AS THE NUMBER OF COVID CASES AREBEGINNING TO DECLINE FROMTHE RECENT SURGE..

BRUCE PETERSWITH MERCY HOSPITALSAYS THEY'VE SEEN A BUMP INCOVID I-C-U PATIENTS NEEDINGVENTILATORS.BRUCE PETERS - "36 PEOPLE ONVENTILATORS, HIGHEST NUMBERYET..

EVEN IF NUMBER DOWN WEEKAGO..

IT'SDISPROPORTIONATLEY SICKERGROUP..

AND A HIGHER NUMBER OFI-C-U LEVEL PATIENTS."KEN KELLER WITH MEMORIALHOSPITAL SAYS THEY'RE TREATING67 COVID PATIENTS..

AND NINE OFTHE 13 IN THE I-C-U..

ARE ONVENTILATORS.