Augusta Health: low COVID; CARES funding ends for uninsured in Va
Beginning March 22, federal CARES funding to cover COVID treatment for uninsured patients ends.
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Beginning March 22, federal CARES funding to cover COVID treatment for uninsured patients ends.
The testing positivity rate for last week at Augusta Health was 6.3 percent, the lowest since June. The current inpatient COVID census is four.
The CDC still designates the community level in Augusta County as high, so recommendations to wear a mask indoors in public remain in place.
Augusta Health has eased visitation guidelines, citing lower COVID prevalence rates and a lower number of COVID inpatients.
The current inpatient COVID-19 census at Augusta Health is 26, with 38 new positive cases of COVID diagnosed at Augusta Health testing sites Tuesday.