BALLAD HEALTH REPORTS A RECORD HOSPITALIZATIONS AND POSITIVE TEST RATE

Ballad Health reports 290 hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in their facilities. Ballad reports that 59 of those patients are in intensive care and another 31 of the COVID-19 patients are on a ventilator. There are also 8 patients under investigation. There are 47 designated COVID-19 beds available in Ballad facilities. Over the past 7 days, a 25.1% positivity rate has been reported by Ballad, along with 81 total COVID-19 deaths during the same time period across all of the system's facilities. Ballad also reports that since March 1, there have been 798 total COVID-19 deaths in their service area. 

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