MMH: More Than 250 COVID Patients Have Been Admitted in Past Five Months

Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 11:05 AM

By Margaret Mary Health, news release

ER volumes remain high at MMH. Asymptomatic patients and those with mild illness should refrain from using the ER for COVID testing.

(Batesville, Ind.) - Over the past five months, more than 250 patients have been admitted to the hospital for COVID-19. The vast majority (85%) were not vaccinated. While vaccination against COVID-19 cannot guarantee an individual will not contract the virus, it significantly decreases their risk for infection, hospitalization and death. If you are eligible to receive your vaccine booster shot, please consider doing so. This is important as emerging evidence shows vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 infections can decrease over time due to the combination of decreasing protection as time passes since getting vaccinated as well as the greater infectiousness of the new variants.

Testing: Unfortunately, the number of patients testing positive for COVID-19 has increased this week, with 33.5% of patients (115 in total) testing positive. Those who need to be tested for Covid-19 should contact their primary care provider for an outpatient test to be completed through our lab or schedule an appointment at a local testing site through coronavirus.in.gov.

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