NEW JERSEY - COVID-19 positive patients are steadily filling beds at area hospitals. The second surge of coronavirus is here."What we’ve been watching is our volume double and double and double every couple week," Dr.
Reginald Blaber, Virtua's executive vice president and chief clinical officer, said.He says in August there were fewer than a dozen COVID patients while in October there were 40.
Now, that number is up to nearly 150 and it’s not slowing down.Dr. Blaber adds right now there are more younger people infected and perhaps that’s why the virus is appearing less severe.At Virtua, COVID ICU admissions are lower than last spring at roughly 20 percent.