Ballad Reports Record Number Of COVID-19 Patients

Ballad Health is reporting Tuesday the highest number of COVID-19 patients in its hospitals since the pandemic began. On Monday, the hospital set the record at 213 patients. Now that number has been eclipsed with 217 COVID-19 patients reported in Ballad’s 21 county service area. The regions largest health care provider has 38 COVID-19 beds available, with 41 patients in the Intensive Care Unit and another 24 on Ventilators. Ballad reports 62 deaths from COVID-19 in the past seven days.