CoxHealth reports a record high of hospitalized patients with COVID-19. 91 patients were in the hospital this morning.
Cox CEO Steve Edwards tweeted today that he believes CoxHealth Facilities in Springfield have more hospitalized COVID-19 patients than anywhere else in the state.
Started off the morning with 91 Covid positive patients admitted to the hospital. This is a. high water mark, and we believe it is likely the current highest number of any hospital in the state. Please show our staff understanding and patience as we deal with this surge.
— Steve Edwards (@SDECoxHealth) October 8, 2020
Edwards estimates Springfield hospitalizations are on a decline, but the surrounding area has increasing patients.
Cox is developing three more sites in Springfield in case of a continued rise in hospitalizations.
Great question Kristi. We are quickly developing three of these sites in Springfield to help us create overflow capacity. We are prepared to triage a high volume of respiratory virus patients as we expect the complicated convergance of flu, respiratory and COVID this fall.
— Steve Edwards (@SDECoxHealth) October 8, 2020
Springfield appears to be trending down, many rural areas are not, hospitalization trail new cases.
— Steve Edwards (@SDECoxHealth) October 8, 2020
