Hospital to adjust fever and flu clinic hours

The president of Athens-Limestone Hospital says the curve of coronavirus cases in the county is flattening and the demand for its fever and flu clinic has diminished

New tonight -- we are hearing from the president of the athens-limestone hospital who says the curve of coronavirus cases in the county is flattening and the demand for its fever and flu clinic has diminished.

Waay31's steven dilsizian has more on changes coming to the hospital.

Take sot: david pryor - president athens-limestone hospital "pui's is person under investigation, somebody we suspect that may have covid and is awaiting a final result on a test, we currently have zero!"

Athens limestone hospital president david pryor says right now the facility is not seeing as many patients with coronavirus.

Currently there are 3 people in the icu with coronavirus.

One of them is on a ventilator.

As the number of coronavirus patients stabilizes, the hospital starts to see increases in other areas take sot: david pryor - president athens-limestone hospital "a slow increase in our volume, both our er and admissions at the hospital that are not covid related."

Pryor says the community has been doing a good job staying home, but if anybody needs any medical help, the hospital is ready.

There is one service though... that is changing.

Take standup: with the number of coronavirus cases in limestone county flattening, and a lower demand for tests, the athens-limestone fever and flu clinic is cutting its hours in half take sot: david pryor - president athens-limestone hospital "we had initially 60-70 patients a day come through that clinic for testing, it has since dropped off, the past couple of days we've had an average of 10-12 patients" pryor says the fever and flu clinic will remain open, but the long term future of the service is unknown.

Take sot: david pryor - president athens-limestone hospital "we will continue that operation next week at least, to continue to assess the need for that service" starting monday, the clinic's new hours will be noon to 4 pm monday through friday in limestone co -- sd -- waay31 news.

Pryor tells waay31 there are currently 59 people in limestone county waiting for the results of a coronavirus test.

He says those are tests that were