South Florida Hospitals Feeling Stress From Omicron Variant

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A surge successful the Omicron variant has caused an uptick successful hospitalizations, but it’s not rather a repetition of the Delta variant, astatine slightest not truthful far.

“We were successful a precise bully concern respective weeks ago, beneath 50 crossed the full strategy regarding the fig of progressive in-patient COVID-19 patients,” Dr. O’neil Pyke, Jackson North Medical Center Chief Medical Officer said.

The numbers were going down astatine Jackson North Medical Center aboriginal December, but this vacation interruption it’s a caller picture.

“Now we’re good northbound of that successful the 200 range,” helium said. Pyke added, the strategy whitethorn opening to spot signs of stress.

Over astatine Jackson Memorial, random tests samples are sent from the Jackson wellness system, arsenic good arsenic from University of Miami Health; astir 80% are present showing the Omicron variant.

“Our archetypal lawsuit of Omicron connected a illustration obtained connected December 2nd, successful play of astir 2 weeks present we’re truly rapidly emerging full replacement of the Delta variant which was the preceding variant that was contiguous astatine 99 percent,” Dr. David Andrews, Jackson Memorial Pathology Laboratory Director.

At Baptist Health, they’ve seen a 193% summation successful affirmative cases, but the positivity stats lone amusement a information of what’s happening. The Florida Hospital Association reports from December 27, showed determination was a 31% ICU furniture availability statewide.

“This is simply a highly contagious variant. The affirmative quality truthful far, and again things are inactive aboriginal is that we’re not seeing the decease complaint spell up, and we’re not seeing the hospitalization capableness issues that we saw with the Delta surge and the Alpha variant arsenic well,” Dr. Geeta Nayyar, UM Associate Professor of Medicine and Auto-immune specialist.

Dr. Nayyar focuses her concerns connected the percent of unvaccinated people. Currently, lone 63% of Floridians are afloat vaccinated.

“So it’s a ample number, truthful it’s 40 percent and you adhd that with however contagious this is, the infirmary capableness could alteration adjacent week,” she explained.

Though there’s an summation successful hospitalizations, Dr. Pyke has besides seen patients released aft a abbreviated visit.

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“They are mostly being discharged location due to the fact that their oxygen levels is fine, they’re not having mounting precise precocious fever,” helium said.