Kansas City Metro Hospitalizations Spike As Docs Push COVID Booster

Concern over the "tripledemic" continues as numbers see a dramatic uptick. 

Moreover . . .

It's likely we're not done with masks and other public health precautions yet . . . Or ever. 

Here's the report . .  .

The University of Kansas Health System said the number of patients in its ICU and its COVID-19 patients doubled overnight. COVID-19 cases increased from 30 to 50 at the hospital, and from five in the ICU overnight to 11. And from zero, two people are now on ventilators.

At one point, 17 percent of COVID-19 deaths were people 65 and older. Right now 90 percent of coronavirus deaths are seniors.

Doctors warn seniors need to make sure they are fully boosted along with their loved ones.

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One Kansas City-area hospital says the number of patients in its ICU doubled overnight

Hospitals warn their intensive care units are full just as coronavirus case numbers are starting to increase.The University of Kansas Health System said the number of patients in its ICU and its COVID-19 patients doubled overnight.

Sickness spiking in KC metro after Thanksgiving, doctors urge public to receive bivalent booster

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - In an otherwise routine morning of providing a medical update to the people of Kansas City, Dr. Steven Stites, chief medical officer at The University of Kansas Health System, once again stressed the importance of vaccination ahead of holiday gatherings.

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