2020-07-09

Update for Thursday, July 9, 2020

ACTIVE CASES TOP 50 – Over the last two days the Department of State Health Services has reported 16 new COVID-19 cases for Wise County and 11 recoveries, bringing the number of active cases to 54. In an email to community leaders Tuesday night, Wise Health System CEO Jason Wren said the number of COVID patients admitted to the hospital has grown this week, and “it’s starting to put a strain on ventilator availability as well as staffing and capacity on (the WHS) med/surg and ICU units.”