Seven of the 18 COVID-19 patients being treated in Guadalupe Regional Medical Center were in its intensive care unit on Tuesday, hospital officials said Wednesday. âThe numbers of COVID-19 patients at GRMC have been trending up since Thanksgiving and our emergency department has seen an increase presenting to be seen for flu- or COVID-like illness,â Public Information Officer Elizabeth McCown said in a statement. The hospital's seven-day moving average of new virus admissions is three per day while the seven-day average for hospitalizations is 16, McCown said. The hospital has activated an incident command center to assess and respond to issues related to the pandemic and opened an additional critical care unit for patients not afflicted with the virus.