08/20/2021

Inpatient Numbers Swell in Tri-State Hospitals

Hospitals also are facing staffing shortages

After Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced Tuesday that some hospitals in Kentucky are nearing critical capacity, some Tri-State hospitals have seen triple their inpatient numbers compared to about a month ago.

"In the past 60 days we've seen an increase of 450 percent in our hospitalizations just in Southwest Ohio," said Tiffany Mattingly, the vice president of clinical strategies for the Health Collaborative. "To put that in perspective, we had maybe 80 COVID positive hospitalizations. I think we've been down to 40 at one point in July, and we will be over 300 today."

Each morning, Mattingly is on a call with top Tri-State healthcare leaders, and they discuss the recent rapid spread of COVID-19. She said every 11 days, the number of COVID-19 cases in Hamilton County doubles.

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