âI think (at the training center) weâre able to meet all the needs of the county and certainly care for our staff better because cars will be driving through and they wonât be going out in the elements,â Yoder said.
As of Tuesday, LGH has conducted 106,697 tests since the beginning of the pandemic, with 15% of those tests returning positive results. In total, nearly 160,000 people have been tested at locations countywide, with a 15.7% positivity rate, according to the state Department of Health.
There have been more than 25,000 COVID-19 cases in Lancaster County since the pandemic began, according to the state Department of Health, and 655 deaths, according to the countyâs coroner, Dr. Stephen Diamantoni.
Lancaster County healthcare workers begin getting COVID vaccine
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At a news conference, state Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine called Monday âa great dayâ as 83 hospitals across the state began immunizing health care workers against the deadly pathogen.
Five UPMC workers in Pittsburgh rolled up their sleeves, receiving the vaccine to applause and cheers. UPMC â which has 90,000 employees in 40 hospitals across Pennsylvania, including UPMC Lititz â received 975 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Monday morning, said Tami Minnier, UPMCâs chief quality officer.
Pennsylvania is expected to receive 97,500 doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week, state officials announced. More doses are expected to arrive next week.
If Modernaâs vaccine receives FDA approval this week, as expected, Pennsylvania could begin receiving that vaccine next week as well.
Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation Trauma Center Accreditation Status Change for Two Hospitals
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CAMP HILL, Pa., Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Trauma Center accreditation has been granted to one additional Critical Access Hospital in Pennsylvania effective January 1, 2021.
Level IV Trauma Center Accreditation: Conemaugh Miners Medical Center - Hastings, PA
Additionally, an elevation in Trauma Center Level has been granted immediately to one hospital:
Level I Trauma Center Accreditation: Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health – Lancaster General Hospital – Lancaster, PA
Effective January 1, 2021, this brings the total number of trauma centers in Pennsylvania to 42 as follows:
Combined Adult Level 1 /Pediatric Level I Trauma Centers