Hospitals beg for public to get vaccinated amid omicron surge
Cone Health, Novant Health and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist say they're slammed with COVID-19 patients. They need people to get vaccinated and boosted.
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Cone Health, Novant Health and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist say they're slammed with COVID-19 patients. They need people to get vaccinated and boosted.
Health officials are pleading for residents to get vaccinated and avoid overburdening the health care system, as the county grapples with the recent surge in COVID-19 cases.
Triad area hospitals are now operating near capacity due in part to the omicron variant. And health system leaders say the situation is quickly becoming dire. Cone Health’s ICU is now operating at 97% capacity. Novant and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist are both at over 90% system-wide. Dr. Stan Fuller, with Novant Health, says their employees are feeling the strain.