Hospital officials discuss sharp increase of COVID-19 cases

Published January 5, 2022 1:31 PM

By MARGARET STAFFORD and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
Associated Press

Hospital and health officials across Missouri say their hospitals are being overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients. Dr. Mark Steele, executive chief clinical officer at University Health, said Wednesday the system’s two hospitals in the Kansas City region are treating 98 patients with COVID-19, an all-time high for the system. In Springfield, the director of the Springfield-Greene County Health Department said 473 new cases of COVID-19 were reported Tuesday, the highest number in the county since the end of 2020. Officials say they are treating the high numbers while also facing staffing shortages and a strong increase in demands for testing.

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