The National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc. in the US has begun Phase 3 trials of its vaccine. 30,000 volunteers have signed up, making it the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccine study.
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Bon Secours Medical Group Officials Concerned About Rising Covid-19 Infection Rate and Hospital Capacity
Greenville Medical Workers at Bon Secours Medical Group were featured on MSNBC this past weekend urging residents to practice social distancing and wear as mask as cases of Covid-19 infection continue to surge and hospitals are being stressed.
Key Takeaways:
- Dr Marcus Blackstone, Bon Secours Medical Group chief clinical officer, says this surge in cases is worse
- Greenville Hospital Occupancy is 75%
- Covid-19 hospitalizations are up 100% in last 4 weeks
- Current patients are younger and sicker
- Hospitalization stays are now longer
- Hospital workers are now getting the virus in the community affecting staffing at Upstate hospital facilities
U.S. hospitals scramble to adopt new HHS coronavirus data system, some states see ‘data blackout’
HHS abruptly changed the way hospitals report coronavirus data to the federal government, tying compliance to supply of a key drug.
South Carolina Current Hospital Capacity Map
Learn more and get Covid-19 updates for South Carolina at scdhec.gov ” Since Wednesday, hospitals have actively been making a transition to a new federal reporting system for proving bed occupancy and other important information. DHEC is monitoring their efforts to transition to the new system. At this time, DHEC is aware that the information…
South Carolina Coronavirus Updates: July 26, 2020
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 1,170 new confirmed cases and three new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 25 additional confirmed deaths and three new probable deaths. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 80,856, probable cases to 343, confirmed deaths to 1,436, and 55 probable deaths. Confirmed and probable cases: please click here….
Pediatrician Rachel Sine on Coronavirus and What You Should Know About MIS-C
This post originally appeared on the parksidepediatrics.com and is being presented here to help educate our readers about Coronavirus. Special thanks to Parkside Pediatrics for providing this content. Rachel Sine, MD Adding to the building stress and anxiety that the COVID-19 pandemic brings to all of our lives, a couple of cases of MIS-C have…
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