Hospitals expect COVID-19 case numbers to increase soon

Hospitals are keeping an eye on the doubling-time of coronavirus cases to determine if the spread is increasing or decreasing.

And one new death.

It now been about three months that the state has been battling covid-19 and the battle i over yet.

Hospitals are still rolling with the punches, despite what the number of cases are show caleb saylor is live to explain what people he spoke with today had to say about the pandemic at this point and how one local hospital is responding to case numb a lot eb?there going on in the world right now with protests at the forefron , but covid-19 isn disappearing anytime soon.

In fact, if you look in our corner of indiana, it appears daily cases are growing.?

As with any as with any disease, prevalence rises and falls on a daily and weekly basis, and our region is no different.

But if you compare the three weeks prior to may 12th, which had our lowest daily count for the month, and the three weeks after, trends are showing a slow increase in daily cases heading into june..

Doctor vishal bahtia with lutheran heal not twork says it just about daily cases, but also about doubling-time ince we e been reopened, we e actually seen the doubling time increase.

What that means is doubling time means the time it takes for an increase in doubling time - meane actually slowing the spread.

Bahtia explained the rise in raw case numbers isn a se were .

Expecting that as things reop loosening ere of restrictions.

In the end what going to prevent and then flatten the curve is social distancing, hand hygiene and maintaining that universal masking.

Spoke with today had mixed reactions on where we are in the pandemic mark shoffner believes the disease still isn as serious understand the death rate, but if you look at the death rate compared to the population rate less than one one hundredth of a percent.

Reco real goe .

I never worn a mask unless i absolutely had to like go to a hospital or whatever.

So, it doesn scare me a whole lot.

His friend nuala wolfe is on the othe side.

Don think we e seen the worst of it y been my at thought all e been i an emt for a long time and even with the rates being what they are thie we seen the worst of it yet.

Whether e have or haven seen the worst of it yet, dr. baht a believes his hospital plan to deal with an increase in covid-19 cases while still seeing patients safely will keep everyone safe.

Been preparing a long time for this this seems like it been going forever and i think we have processes in place to provide safe and appropriate care to our patients.

Bahtia bahtia explained that his hospital system has not seen a significant increase in cases since may 18th, but if they do, he says their plan is flexible enough to where they can roll back to earlier phases to continue seeing everyone safely.reporting live in fort wayne, caleb saylor, fox 55 news