BALLAD REPORTS 54 COVID-19 DEATHS IN THE LAST WEEK

Ballad Health reports 202 hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in their facilities. Ballad reports that 45 of those patients are in intensive care and another 24 of the COVID-19 patients are on a ventilator. There are also 10 patients under investigation. There are now 40 designated COVID-19 beds available in Ballad facilities. Over the past 7 days, a 16.8% positivity rate has been reported by Ballad, along with 54 total COVID-19 deaths during the same time period across all of the system's facilities. 

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