Sky Lakes Medical Center says COVID-19 hospitalizations are down, closes additional COVID-19 unit kobi5.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kobi5.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. This week, Klamath County has the highest COVID-19 test positivity rate in the state. Now, its largest hospital is struggling to adapt to the demand.
Monday, Sky Lakes Medical Center said it intended to open a second COVID-19 isolation unit, but couldn’t, due to staffing issues. Tuesday, the center had 19 patients in its COVID-19 unit. That’s near the record number of patients it had back in December.
Covid-19 is hitting Klamath County hard. It’s seen a drastic increase in COVID-19 cases in the last few weeks.
Tom Hottman, Spokesperson for Sky Lakes Medical Center says it was averaging 8-12 people per week, then 12-15, but recently its hit 19. During the worst of the pandemic in December, its high was 21.
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Governor Brown said that counties will have the option of moving to Lower Risk status once 65 percent of people 16 and older have received at least one dose of a vaccine.
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Updated: May 11, 2021 3:28 PM
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Johnson and Johnson vaccine gets reintroduced to local public health
More than 1 million Oregonians have been vaccinated against Covid-19, and still some locals hold onto concerns about receiving a shot.
Posted: Apr 26, 2021 6:32 PM
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Lake County Public Health Chief Executive Officer, Charlie Tviet says he finds that people are concerned about the science behind some of the vaccines, “and the Johnson and Johnson seems to be a good alternative.”
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