Baystate Health COVID hospitalizations drop from 70 to 52 in week
Updated 3:49 PM;
SPRINGFIELD – The number of patients admitted in critical care units at Baystate Health hospitals with COVID-19 has dropped by more than 20% in a week.
As of Sunday, hospital staff is caring for 52 patients with confirmed COVID-19, of those 14 are being treated in critical care units. There were 70 patients being treated with COVID-19 a week ago and 17 were in critical care units, officials said.
The number of patients hospitalized at Baystate Health facilities with COVID-19 had been decreasing slowly before this week’s dip. The week before there were 72 people and the two weeks previously there were 79, officials said.
Baystate Health continues to see increase in severe COVID infections as patients in critical care inch up for another week
Updated 12:27 PM;
SPRINGFIELD – The number of patients admitted in critical care units at Baystate Health hospitals with COVID-19 continues to increase slowly, even while people admitted with the virus dropped slightly over the week.
As of Sunday, hospital staff is caring for 70 patients with confirmed COVID-19, of those 17 are being treated in critical care units. The number patientsin critical care has been inching up over the month, last week there were 15 patients in critical care units and the week before there were 13, officials said.
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COVID infection rates surging in Western Mass: Baystate Health sees 22% increase in hospitalizations
Updated Apr 04, 2021;
SPRINGFIELD – The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at Baystate Health facilities continues to rise, with the largest number of people admitted with the disease since Feb. 21.
As of Sunday, Baystate Medical staff is caring for 79 patients with confirmed COVID-19, of those 11 are being treated in critical care units. Last week there were 61 people with COVID-19 admitted to Baystate facilities with five in critical care units, officials said.
On Feb. 21, Baystate reported having 85 patients admitted with COVID-19. The numbers had been dropping slowly ever since with officials reporting a low of 51 patients on March 21. The number of patients after that started increasing.