Hilo Medical Center has provided its daily detailed update, as of today at 2:30 p.m.   A total of 15 patients are in Hilo Medical Center, 3 of whom are in the Intensive Care Unit, and 11 in the COVID Unit, with one person in the Extended Care Facility.  All patients are isolated from others.  There have been 28 total deaths, with 26 associated with Yukio Okutsu Veterans Home.

HILO MEDICAL CENTER UPDATE (as of 2:30 pm on Wednesday, September 23, 2020)

·         15 total COVID-positive patients are hospitalized: 3 in ICU, 11 in COVID Unit, 1 in Extended Care Facility

·         Next round of COVID testing for Extended Care Facility staff and residents is on Thursday, September 24, 2020.

·         Admissions to our Extended Care Facility remain paused until the situation is resolved.

·         Hilo Medical Center is optimistic in managing COVID in the hospital and its long term care facility.

·         2 total deaths, unrelated to the veterans home, have occurred in the hospital on September 8 and 18.

YUKIO OKUTSU STATE VETERANS HOME UPDATE (as of 2:30 pm on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, reported by Avalon Healthcare, the veterans home’s managing company)

·         A total of 70 residents and 34 employees have tested positive for COVID-19 in this outbreak

·         49 residents are currently at the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home

·         16 residents are receiving care in the home’s COVID designated area

·         3 residents are hospitalized at Hilo Medical Center

·         26 total resident deaths related to COVID-19 have occurred. We offer our deepest sympathies to the families and loved ones.

o   1 death related to COVID-19 to report today that occurred late last night on September 22, 2020.

·         25 residents and 27 employees have recovered

·         For additional information, go to: https://ahcupdates.info/hilo-covid19-update

·         Hilo Medical Center: Patients hospitalized with COVID-19: 15

·         28 total deaths related to COVID-19 have occurred – 26 from the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home and 2 unrelated to the veterans home.

·         WATCH: Past virtual CEO town halls on our Hilo Medical Center YouTube Channel.

Photo provided by Hilo Medical Center of some of the team members, plus the entrance to the COVID-19 unit.