RICHMOND, Ind. — Reid Well being will now replace its masking insurance policies weekly relying upon neighborhood ranges of COVID-19 and its transmission.
Reid’s coverage follows new Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention suggestions for healthcare amenities, in keeping with a information launch.
The multi-county healthcare system will talk on Thursdays the masking stage that can be in impact for the subsequent week, starting at 7 a.m. every Friday. Signage can be positioned in any respect public entrances to Reid buildings, and the masking stage can be posted on Reid’s web site, ReidHealth.org/safe, and social media pages.
This week’s stage is yellow. Which means common masking is required in all affected person care and public areas.
A inexperienced stage means masking is non-obligatory in all areas of Reid amenities, and a purple stage requires masking in all areas of each Reid buildings.
“This new steerage from the CDC permits us to take applicable precautions primarily based on the extent of COVID unfold we’re seeing locally,” stated Thomas Huth, vice chairman of medical affairs for Reid Well being, within the launch.
“When unfold is low, we are able to all get pleasure from seeing one another’s smiling faces once more, however when transmission of the virus picks up, we must always all be ready to place our masks again on for the security of not solely ourselves however our family members, co-workers, and neighbors.”
Reid Well being’s Monday replace reported 9 sufferers in its COVID containment areas, together with one on a ventilator within the intensive care unit. The 9 is a rise of six from Reid’s Oct. 3 report. Of the 9, none is updated on vaccinations.
The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention at present lists Wayne, Henry, Fayette, Union, Franklin, Darke and Preble counties with low neighborhood ranges of COVID-19. Randolph County is listed on the medium stage.
Wayne County has seen a lower in COVID-19 circumstances, in keeping with Indiana State Division of Well being day-by-day case statistics. With September’s remaining three days nonetheless thought-about preliminary, the month’s case whole is 279. That is a 70.8% drop from August’s 955 circumstances.
General, via Oct. 4, Wayne County has recorded 21,877 laboratory-confirmed circumstances and 341 COVID-related deaths. No deaths have been reported for September.
The general case and loss of life totals for surrounding counties are:
- Darke County: 14,137 positives and 244 deaths;
- Fayette County: 7,718 positives and 146 deaths;
- Henry County: 14,942 positives and 237 deaths;
- Franklin County: 4,924 positives and 59 deaths;
- Preble County: 10,834 positives and 204 deaths;
- Randolph County: 6,605 positives and 152 deaths;
- Union County: 2,206 positives and 21 deaths.
Indiana has recorded 1,925,645 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 circumstances via Oct. 4, in keeping with the state’s weekly replace, and the Ohio Division of Well being’s weekly replace reported 3,153,743 circumstances via Oct. 5.
