Commonground
Senior Moderator
Oct 26, 2020
MYRTLE BEACH — As positive cases of COVID-19 continue to rise along the Grand Strand and Hammock Coast, hospitals are pleading with the public to take the virus seriously, with one health network seeing a 385 percent increase in coronavirus-related hospitalizations since Oct. 1.
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Tidelands Health — which operates the Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital and Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital — says that it currently has 34 COVID-19 patients, with nine in the ICU, including three on ventilators. The ICU is operating at 127 percent of capacity, with overall hospital capacity at 103 percent.
On Oct. 1, the number of COVID-19 patients at Tidelands was seven, hence the 385 percent increase.
Continued: https://www.postandcourier.com/myrt...cle_e693c870-17bb-11eb-909a-1bbff3e3af90.html
MYRTLE BEACH — As positive cases of COVID-19 continue to rise along the Grand Strand and Hammock Coast, hospitals are pleading with the public to take the virus seriously, with one health network seeing a 385 percent increase in coronavirus-related hospitalizations since Oct. 1.
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Tidelands Health — which operates the Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital and Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital — says that it currently has 34 COVID-19 patients, with nine in the ICU, including three on ventilators. The ICU is operating at 127 percent of capacity, with overall hospital capacity at 103 percent.
On Oct. 1, the number of COVID-19 patients at Tidelands was seven, hence the 385 percent increase.
Continued: https://www.postandcourier.com/myrt...cle_e693c870-17bb-11eb-909a-1bbff3e3af90.html