Area Hospitals Almost At 100% Capacity Due To COVID-19 Infection Rate

Strong Memorial Hospital is almost at 100% capacity due to the rising infection rates of COVID-19.

With more cases in three days than the entire month of September, beds are filling up at an exponential rate. Hospitalizations in general have risen by more than 100% in the past 19 days as well.

“The number of cases here have definitely been rising in the past couple of weeks,” said Chip Partner, University of Rochester Medical Center. “We are about 100% capacity right now.”

Officials says that this situation isn’t the same as it was in the beginning of the pandemic. More is known about the virus and its treatment, but if they run out of beds then things will get difficult.

Source:
RochesterFirst.com