Drive-thru Covid-19 testing at Salem Health’s laboratory site on State Street on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
As Covid hospitalizations continue to rise again due to the omicron variant, Salem Reporter is again publishing case and hospitalization information daily. Here’s our report for Monday, Jan. 17.
Total Salem Hospital patients with Covid: 90 as of Monday morning, six fewer than on Sunday.
Of those, 11 are in the intensive care unit, and five are on ventilators.
Fifty-two of those in the hospital are not vaccinated against Covid.
Total Salem Hospital bed occupancy: 456 patients; the hospital is licensed for 494 beds.
The Oregon Health Authority didn’t have updated hospitalization, case and death numbers available on Monday.
-Saphara Harrell
