UC Health CEO: About 1 in 4 people in region’s hospitals have COVID-19 - WCPO

CINCINNATI — A growing number of patients in Cincinnati-area hospitals have COVID-19, which is putting stress on intensive care units and threatening hospital capacity overall, according to UC Health president and CEO Dr.

Critical care units are most impacted; most intensive care units in the region are stressed, Lofgren said.

Lofgren said bringing other health care workers in from around the country is not a viable option as it was in the spring, as multiple cities across the country are experiencing the same surge.

Hamilton County Health Commissioner Greg Kesterman said the county is working with the county’s Emergency Management Agency to roll out the vaccine locally.

The Ohio Department of Health is using flu vaccines to test how they will distribute the COVID-19 vaccine, WHIO reported.

“The Ohio Department of Health’s Vaccine Preparedness Office has been diligently preparing for the arrival of the vaccine for months, distributing adult influenza vaccine with the same process that will be used to distribute the COVID-19 as a test exercise,” ODH said in a statement.