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October is safe sleep month. While Hamilton County has seen improvement in the overall infant mortality rate, sleep-related deaths aren't decreasing at a similar rate — and Black babies are at the highest risk. Local health agencies want to understand why the needle isn't moving and how they can help families.
1:00 Health Commissioner Greg Kesterman says the county is averaging about 524 cases a day over the previous seven days. Two weeks ago, the county was seeing 716 cases per day. While hospitalizations countywide are decreasing, the region's hospitals are still dealing with an increasing amount of patients. "For the region, we are seeing about 750 patients per day in the hospital," Kesterman said. "This is the same number that I reported last week, so we're not seeing any declines in those numbers." Despite increasing hospitalizations, officials point to changes the community made to prevent th...