>>>And tell me how many empty hospital and ICU beds there are
On Tuesday, there were 678 COVID-19 patients across the state’s hospitals, 73 of whom were admitted on Tuesday, Williamson said, the largest number of admissions in a single day since the pandemic began.
Of the state’s 1,600 available ICU beds, on Tuesday morning, just 268 were available, the lowest since the COVID-19 crisis began.
“This morning we theoretically had three ICU beds in the Montgomery region,” Williamson said. The Tuscaloosa area had a single ICU bed available Tuesday morning.
The 7-day rolling average of the percent of tests that are positive statewide in Alabama doubled within the last two weeks, from 7 percent to nearly 14 percent.
Sounds like plenty of beds open. The reason there are fewer beds than earlier is hospitals have resumed elective cases. Nearly 300 ICU beds open in a state with the population of Alabama should be enough but their local officials are keeping an eye on it I’m sure
A distant relative of mine has the virus and has developed pneumonia.
A couple of weeks ago, I met with another distant relative and we enjoyed a long conversation. A few days later, she was diagnosed with the virus, so it’s possible that I may have the virus. No symptoms, though.
I haven’t lost any sleep worrying about the virus. The current insurrection in the US is my biggest worry.
Recently, my county went from one case to almost fifty cases. Our county is very rural.
Today, I visited my hair stylist and had my hair trimmed and colored. No one wore a mask.
A couple of weeks ago, when I visited my doctor for my allergies, neither he nor his nurses wore masks.
I just don’t see any reason to panic.