S.T. George – Dr Patrick Carroll, medical director at Dixie Regional Medical Center, called the hospital a “one-day high” for the number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital, calling it “sobering”.
There are 67 coronavirus patients in the hospital as of Monday night, Carroll said. This includes patients from outside the southern Utah area as the regional hospital also serves patients such as the northern areas of Nevada and Arizona. The Southwest Utah Public Health Department reported that locals are currently hospitalized with coronavirus, including local COVID-19 patients at Cedar City Hospital.
The new hospital admissions are a shock a few days after the COVID-19 hospitalization stabilized locally.
“The trend is declining but today it’s the highest,” Carroll said. The hospital is operating beyond the capacity of its intensive care unit and is using additional rooms for ICU rooms. Intensive care is not required for Civil-19 patients, the full orthopedic floor is not just dedicated to COVID-19 patients.
Whether or not there is COVID-19, Carroll said the hospital cares for all of its patients.
“We continue to find ways to treat everyone, but we have to accept that this is accidental care,” Carol said.
The rate of new infections has dropped over the past several weeks, which could turn into a kind of breathing in the hospital over the next few weeks.
But Carroll said the physical toll has not been as great as the mental toll on caregivers – notably Carroll said an average of two COVID-19 patients have died at the hospital every day in the last seven days.
“It has been more challenging to ask how they do when they go to the ICU. I can see in their eyes how difficult it is when they lose patients, ”Carol said. “They take care of every patient they see. When they have a patient who, despite their best efforts, had years of life left … it is more difficult to deal with many patients. “
Carroll spoke to reporters at a conference call with six local state senators and assemblymen, many of whom recently got a tour inside the COVID-19 ward at the hospital.
State representative Brad Last was on a trip and met a family friend who was a nurse at the hospital. Last said he believes for the first time that the steady growth of patients at Dixie Regional is taking its caregivers.
“He talked about the emotional challenge of working in that situation, not just putting on gear, but he’s the only link in the patient’s outside world,” said Last, who represents the eastern part of Washington and Iron Counties.
Visiting the inside of the hospital, as well as seeing what has happened to those close to the disease, has made the problem more real for them, State Sen. Don Ipson said.
“We visited the hospital, and it was very reassuring for me,” Ipson said. “Initially, I didn’t know anyone knew I was a coward. Now I know many who have died from it. ”
Vaccine distribution still at an early stage
Light Pfizer at the end of the dark coronavirus tunnel and, now, Moderna, the distribution of vaccines is pending.
Christine D’Scomb, head of infection prevention and employee health for Interfanthan Healthcare, said more than 5,000 caregivers have now received the first dose of the vaccine in the Intermvanthan system. About 975 Dickey Region staff have remained, Carroll said of it. Dosombak said May said there are 38,000 staff members under the interim maintenance system.
Both Dscomb and Carroll said that while the vaccine is voluntary for employees, the speed of vaccine delivery is much faster than that.
“I can’t tell you how many doctors have reached out to me, where their turn hasn’t come yet and ask, ‘When is my turn?'”
Under the state’s vaccination timeline, frontline medical personnel working directly with COVID-19 patients are getting the first vaccine. K-12 teachers follow next, however, there is no set date yet for when that will happen.
More than a week has now passed since vaccinations began in the state, with a report from the Utah Health Department giving 8,518 doses in the state. Both vaccines require two shots within 21 days.
While no public body has said they will need the vaccine, many who used to speak out against wearing masks are now speaking out against the Covid-19 vaccine.
Ipson said no one should be forced to get vaccinated. But he also said there was no reason not to take the Covid-19 vaccine.
“Everyone has the right to be vaccinated or not. But I’m old enough to remember polio, and we got rid of it by vaccination, ”said Ips, who represents St. George and West Washington County. “When it’s my turn, I want to take it.”
Both Pfizer and Moderna vaccines can cause side effects that last up to 48 hours after injection, including fever, headache, and chills. Even in a small part of the population with severe allergies can cause severe allergic reactions. However, at this time, no long-term effect was observed with the vaccine other than the immunity of Covid-19.
State Rep. Rex Ship, which represents most of Cedar City and Iron County, is the word of choice for those spreading anti-masks and covid-conspiracies on the Internet.
“Those nayayers on social media say this is a violation of our freedom,” Ship said. “I’m glad most people don’t listen to those people.”
Vendors said the conspiracy theory that they take offense at what they say is that hospitals are making money by having more COVID-19 patients.
“It’s been a strange political environment where you hear these conspiracy theories where they say they get more money,” Vickers said. “The disease is real but we need to keep a balance in our lives.”
Cedar City, a steady increase in rural areas
October 29, The state lifted the mask order in Iron County Rich Saunders, interim director of the Utah Department of Health, is known as the “reward” for keeping the new infection at a moderate level. The move follows a letter written by the Iron County Commission demanding the removal of all COVID-19 restrictions in the county.
At the time, the seven-day daily average of new infections in Iron County was 10.1.
Following the ongoing spike in Cedar City, Iron County is infecting an average of 400-9 new infections a day, and the death toll from Covid-1 has risen from three to 15.
State Sen. Evan Vickers, who is Against any order from the State Capitol for a long time, Said the move to reduce restrictions in Iron County was not a mistake. Vickers, who represents Iron and Beaver Counties and the eastern part of Washington County, said the government does not need to tell people how to behave.
“It’s just a personal belief. I don’t like the command. I think it was going to increase somehow. I’m not a fan of commands. I think people should have a choice, “said Vickers, owner and operator of Bulldog Drugs in Cedar City. “No, I don’t think it was a mistake. It was bound to come regardless of the boom. ”
During the conference call, Vickers invited the ship, which also represents part of Iron County, to provide additional perspectives. At the time, the number of Iron Counties guaranteed a less-than-strict approach, Sheep said. But not now.
“The numbers didn’t justify the mask at one point, but I think things have changed and now is definitely the right time.”
The number of locals with COVID-19 is now over 6,000
While the number of new infections continues to stabilize below 200 new infections per day, more than 19 people in southern Utah have never been infected with Covid-19 as it is now.
There are currently 6,336 people in five counties infected with the virus, including 4,722 in Washington County alone. That means at least three out of every 100 people in Southern Utah are currently infected.
An indicator on holiday weekends where people traditionally gather is Georgia Tech’s risk assessment study. The study, which determined the likelihood of contact with an infected person in a room with 10 people, found that Iron and Washington Washington counties had an approximately 35% chance of contact with someone with covid-19 in the room. And 15 people.
Carol noted that most people take into account the advice to hold Thanksgiving gatherings indoors, saying that this week is just as important for Christmas gatherings.
Among local counties, in addition to Iron County, Beaver County has seen a significant increase in new infections in the past week. Beaver, who had five Coid-19 infections in five Southern Utah counties, including the last three rural counties, is now preparing to overtake Kane and Garfield counties for a third-place infection behind Iron and Washington Washington. Counties.
COVID-19 Information Resources
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Check out the resources below for the latest information and resources.
Southern Utah coronavirus count (seven-day average in parentheses, until December 22, 2020)
Positive COVID-19 tests: 17,233 (220.3 new infections per day in seven days, down from 17 December)
- Washington Washington County: 13,415 (163.7 per day, rising)
- Iron County: 2,912 (40.9 per day, dropped)
- Kane County: 317 (day 4.9, dropped)
- Garfield County: 277 (1.7 per day, increasing)
- Beaver County: 312 (9.1 per day, rising)
New infections for major Southern Utah cities (numbers published next to Southern Utah numbers):
- St. George: 76 (emerging)
- City of Washington: 25 (Growing)
- Hurricane / Laverkin: 17 (Static)
- Ivins City / Santa Clara: 19 (Falling)
- Cedar City: 33 (Increasing)
Mortality: 130 (1.4 of the day, decreased)
- Washington Washington County: 105 (6 new after last report: women at home 65-84, women over 85 at home, hospitalized men 45-64, hospitalized men 65-84, hospitalized men 65-84, hospitalized men 65- 84)
- Iron County: 15 (1 new: hospitalized male 65-84)
- Garfield County: 7
- Kane County: 1
- Beaver County: 2
Hospitalized: 50 (emerging)
Active case: ,, 3366 (emerging)
Current Utah averages seven days: 2,478 (falling)
Number of vaccinations in Utah: 8,518
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