Ballad COVID-19 Numbers Continue To Climb…Positivity Rate Tops 17 Percent

Ballad Health on Friday eclipsed another one day record with 233 patients is its facilities systemwide. In the past seven days 63 patients have died from COVID-19 according to Ballads latest update. Ballad reports a new high positivty rate of seventeen point two percent. Ten percent is considered a high risk for spread of the disease. There are 33 patients in the Intensive Care Unit and 22 patients on ventilators. Ballad is reporting a total of 38 Designated COVID-19 beds available.