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Nationwide, COVID-19 hospitalizations have decreased 18 percent over the last two weeks, but at least one state still reported an all-time high pandemic hospitalization record this week.  

Tampa-based Shriners Children's Florida, an outpatient facility, will close and lay off employees, the Tampa Bay Times reported Feb 3.

West Chester, Pa.-based Chester County Hospital was unanimously approved by the West Goshen Township Board of Supervisors for a waiver that would allow the hospital to build a modular emergency room in its parking lot, Fox 29 reported Feb. 2.

West Virginia is seeing a higher average rate of daily COVID-19 hospitalizations per 100,000 people than any other state, according to federal data cited by The New York Times.

In the wake of a winter storm that continues to affect states from Texas to New York, hospitals are adjusting services, with some allowing staff to spend the night. 

Carmel, N.Y.-based Putnam Hospital, a Nuvance Health affiliate, will suspend services at its birthing center because its physician provider of labor and delivery services is leaving, the hospital's president, Mark Hirko, MD, confirmed in a statement shared with Becker's. 

Pennsylvania is opening four long-term care regional support sites to help relieve pressure on healthcare workers and hospitals amid an influx of COVID-19 patients, state officials said Jan. 31. 

As COVID-19 hospitalizations begin to level out nationally, at least five states have reported new records this week. 

For more than two weeks, Washington, D.C., has reported the highest average rate in the nation of daily COVID-19 hospitalizations per 100,000 people, according to federal data cited by The New York Times.

More than 26,000 people have signed a petition against the closure of Boston-based Tufts Children's Hospital in an effort to protect families and staff affected by the closure.