As of Nov. 30, Missouri was reporting 19 hospitalizations per 100,000 people. The jump follows national trends, with new daily U.S. COVID-19 hospitalization rates rising 10 percent over the last two weeks.
At Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth, the COVID-19 census is “rising rapidly,” according to a Nov. 30 tweet from Steve Edwards, president and CEO of the hospital. The leader said the hospital had 49 COVID-19 patients hospitalized Nov. 29, compared to 62 the next day, Nov. 30.
A Nov. 29 tweet from Mr. Edwards reads, “As feared, increase in COVID-positive inpatients now at 49. Rolling seven-day positivity rate 12.53 percent. Two weeks ago, we were at 29 COVID-positive inpatients and 7 percent positivity.”
Nearby, Springfield-based Mercy Hospital reported 36 COVID-19 hospitalizations Nov. 29, up from 29 virus hospitalizations Nov. 22, according to Erik Frederick, the hospital’s chief administrative officer. The hospital’s COVID-19 positivity rate was 7.2 percent, almost double the rate reported Oct. 1, according to Mr. Frederick.
