Alaska’s hospitals report declining numbers of COVID-19 patients and fewer staff call-outs.
Alaska’s waning COVID-19 surge associated with the omicron variant appeared to be loosening its grip on the state’s hospitals this week.linked to the virus as well as supply chain disruptions and a high number of ill patients, including those with COVID-19, health and hospital officials say. At times, hospitals in Anchorage reported hundreds of workers out sick or quarantined.
Now, the number of COVID-positive patients is dropping, but more importantly, the state’s larger hospitals say worker call-outs are declining too, according to Jared Kosin, president and CEO of the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association. Generally, staff call-outs are starting to stabilize and decline, Kosin said Monday, adding that some smaller rural facilities are still struggling with worker absences.
“We’re in a much more stable place and it does look like we’re starting to take our ride down,” he said. As of Sunday, there were 127 people hospitalized with the virus across the state, a decline compared to the roughly 150 COVID-positive people hospitalized at the peak of the latest surge.
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