In terms of relative comparisons, the current figure of 1,201 new COVID-19 cases over the last 14 days per 100,000 residents is the same as Lebanon County's figures one month ago and 30% lower compared to 14 days ago.
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January 6, 2021 2 min read
In the midst of COVID-19, an increasing number of children with mental health crises are coming through emergency rooms.
At WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon, about 100 kids a year fall into that category.
“This number has grown with the COVID-19 outbreak, and the ER is more stressful now than ever for these children,” Deirdre Carmichael, director of workplace campaigns for United Way of Lebanon County, said in a press release.
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Once United Way learned from the hospital’s Lebanon County Crisis Intervention team about the situation, both parties got to work.
The result of their collaboration is Kits of Comfort & Joy. Designed to provide a stress-relieving and positive outlet for children, the kits include a blanket or stuffed animal, an age-appropriate puzzle, a fidget toy, a book and an age-appropriate activity.
December 29, 2020 9 min read
Editor’s Note: We are standardizing the format for daily COVID-19 case data updates. These articles may feel repetitious but we want each one to stand alone in terms of providing maximum context around the data. This is the update for Tuesday, December 29.
The number of new COVID-19 cases over the last 14 days per 100,000 residents is currently at 1,003 for Lebanon County.
In terms of relative comparisons, the current figure of 1,003 new COVID-19 cases over the last 14 days per 100,000 residents is 24% higher compared to Lebanon County’s figures one month ago and 16% lower compared to 14 days ago. The current count of 1,003 new cases over the last 14 days per 100,000 residents is 284% higher than the all-time high this spring, 261, which occurred on April 21.
LebTown
December 15, 2020 1 min read
Box containing first 975 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is wheeled into WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital. (LebTown photo)
When else, and where else, would the unloading of a plain cardboard box from an ordinary white commercial van elicit a round of applause and cheers from a line of weary health care frontliners standing out in the cold?
Probably only in the midst of an interminable viral pandemic, if the box holds 975 doses of a long-awaited vaccine, a scene playing out at numerous hospitals around the country today.
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The mood went from festive to electric as the WellSpan van rolled up to Good Samaritan Hospital’s main entrance at 10:30 this morning, Tuesday, Dec. 15. The box, maybe two feet square and three feet tall, was placed on a hand truck by the driver and rolled into the hospital’s main entrance as employees lined the way.
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(LebTown file photo)
The first coronavirus vaccine was administered Monday at U.S. hospitals in New York, Connecticut, Kentucky, Iowa, Michigan and Washington, D.C.
Lebanon County expects to receive and administer its first batch of the long-awaited Pfizer vaccine today, a hospital official said Monday.
“WellSpan received notification from the Pennsylvania Department of Health that seven of WellSpan’s hospitals serving as point of distribution (POD) sites to vaccinate frontline employees are included in the state’s first 100 hospitals to receive vaccine shipments,” Ryan Coyle, manager of public relations and communications at WellSpan Health, said in an email Monday morning.