Indiana Regional Medical Center is continuing to monitor the situation concerning their intensive care unit and inpatient capacity.
According to a briefing sent today, both departments at IRMC and Punxsutawney Area Hospital remain very busy as the Covid-19 pandemic continues. The hospital currently has 32 Covid-19 positive inpatients, and the hospital’s Emergency department is averaging 93 patients a day. 35 percent of those are asking for a Covid-19 test. This has come nearly two weeks after IRMC officials asked people to come to the emergency department for emergency calls only, and not for non-emergency reasons like getting tested for Covid-19.
Tomorrow, IRMC will begin a weekly vaccination clinic at the KCAC to allow those who have received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to get a third immunization. These clinics will be held every Tuesday through the month of October from 10-6 PM. A clinic will also be held as part of the Downtown Indiana Third Thursday event at IRMC Park on October 21st from 5-7 PM. To register, you can log on to www.irmc.org/vaccine.
Speaking of Coivd-19, a total of 8,134 cases of Covid-19 have been tallied in Indiana County by the PA Department of Health since the start of the Pandemic. 198 deaths have been reported. The department also reported that 32,094 people in Indiana County have received full doses Covid-19 vaccine, while 3,407 have received at least one dose of two-dose shots. 655 people have received their booster shot.
