Hilo Medical Center today reports the same number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized as yesterday–15, with 4 in the Intensive Care Unit, 10 in the hospital’s isolated COVID Unit, and one in the Extended Care Facility.

There are no new deaths today at the hospital or at the Yukio Okutsu Veterans Home.  The island’s death toll from COVID-19 stands at 28, with 26 related to the Veterans Home.

The Veterans Home reports that 17 of its residents with COVID-19 are being cared for in a COVID Unit at the home, and 3 of its residents are patients at the hospital

The complete report:

HILO MEDICAL CENTER UPDATE (as of 3:30 pm on Thursday, September 24, 2020)

• 15 total COVID-positive patients are hospitalized: 4 in ICU, 10 in COVID Unit, 1 in Extended Care Facility
• COVID testing for Extended Care Facility staff and residents was completed today, results pending.
• 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 3:30 pm on Thursday, September 24, 2020, reported by Avalon Healthcare, the veterans home’s managing company)

• A total of 71 residents and 34 employees have tested positive for COVID-19 in this outbreak
• 49 residents are currently at the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home
• 17 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   No deaths related to COVID-19 to report today.

• 25 residents and 27 employees have recovered
• For additional information, go to: https://ahcupdates.info/hilo-covid19-update

 

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

Photo courtesy Hilo Medical Center of how an OB Labor Room can be transformed to a negative pressure room, important for COVID-19 care, if a mom comes in with COVID.