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Carroll Hospital’s emergency room has been seeing an average of 135 patients per day for the last two weeks, up from the normal average of 120 patients per day. Garrett Hoover, president of Carroll Hospital and senior vice president of LifeBridge Health, says a “syndemic” is to blame — two or more epidemics happening at the same time. Positive cases of flu, respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, ...
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Testing at the State Center site in Baltimore has declined by 40% since December, from about 40 per day to about 24 per day, according to the Maryland Department of Health. Vaccinations dropped dramatically, as well, from about 47 a day in October to eight a day now.
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Testing at the State Center site in Baltimore has declined by 40% since December, from about 40 per day to about 24 per day, according to the Maryland Department of Health. Vaccinations dropped dramatically, as well, from about 47 a day in October to eight a day now.
In an effort to equip the community in the fight against COVID-19, ExpressCare became the first urgent care chain in the state of Maryland to participate in the Test-to-Treat (T2T) Program.
Maryland health officials are concerned an important new treatment option for COVID-19 is going unused as the metrics increase.