Concerns Tuscaloosa championship celebration became COVID mass spreader event
Faculty given option to temporarily hold classes remotely
Huge crowd on The Strip after Alabama win By Kelvin Reynolds | January 12, 2021 at 5:28 PM CST - Updated January 13 at 5:34 AM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The celebration for the University of Alabamaâs college football national championship is over for some, but now comes the worry for others that Monday nightâs scene on The Strip in Tuscaloosa could be a mass spreader event for coronavirus.
âWhat weâve done is literally poured gasoline on the situation, especially in west Alabama,â said President of the Alabama Hospital Association Don Williamson. He was shocked to see what happened.
Hospitals get creative to create more bed space for COVID positive patients
DCH ICU bed concerns By Kelvin Reynolds | December 10, 2020 at 5:49 PM CST - Updated December 10 at 5:49 PM
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - The number of COVID positive patients in Alabama hospitals continues to stretch the state’s healthcare system to the breaking point. Some hospitals are doing what they can to create more bed space.
There are now 2,170 people are now hospitalized in Alabama with COVID-19, according to the President of the Alabama Hospital Association Don Williamson.
“The numbers are going up. We have the fewest number of ICU beds available that we’ve ever had. We now have more COVID patients in ICU than we’ve ever had. We now have more COVID patients than we’ve ever had,” Williamson explained.