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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College Softball: Frontier alumn Sarah Meunier heats up for Westfield State
Sarah Meunier at the plate for the Westfield State softball team. The Frontier graduate was the MASCAC player of the week last week.
Published: 4/14/2021 6:20:08 PM
Frontier alum and now Westfield State softball player Sarah Meunier was in a groove on the diamond last week.
The senior caught fire at the plate, and her strong play earned her Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Player of the Week honors.
“I feel like I’m seeing the ball well in the box, which is an awesome thing for a hitter,” Meunier said.