Ballad Health Reporting One Hundred Patients Currently In Hospital System

Ballad Health reports Friday, one hundred COVID-19 patients in their hospital system with 14 patients under investigation for possible COVID-19, with 44 designated COVID-19 beds available. The health care provider also says there are 22 COVID-19 patients in the Intensive Care Unit and 14 patients currently on a ventilator. During the past seven days the positivity rate has dropped to seven point eight percent and 21 deaths are being reported in the 21 county service area of Ballad Health.