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Patients 70 years and older account for nearly half (48.6 percent) of all current U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to Feb. 13 data tracked by The New York Times. 

Tulsa, Okla.-based Ascension St. John Medical Center plans to close its pediatric intensive care and general pediatric inpatient care units, a move families are speaking out against, 2 News Oklahoma reported Feb. 10.

Chester, Pa.-based Crozer Health is temporarily ending its inpatient hospice services at Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park, Pa., Daily Times reported Feb. 10. 

Daily U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations have dropped below 100,000 for the first time in more than a month, though three states are still seeing increasing virus admissions. 

New daily COVID-19 hospitalizations amid the omicron surge appear to have peaked Jan. 15, with recent levels declining at a similar rate they were increasing a month prior, according to HHS data cited by The New York Times.

Nationwide, COVID-19 hospitalizations have decreased 18 percent over the last two weeks, but at least one state still reported an all-time high pandemic hospitalization record this week.  

Tampa-based Shriners Children’s Florida, an outpatient facility, will close and lay off employees, the Tampa Bay Times reported Feb 3.

West Virginia is seeing a higher average rate of daily COVID-19 hospitalizations per 100,000 people than any other state, according to federal data cited by The New York Times.

In the wake of a winter storm that continues to affect states from Texas to New York, hospitals are adjusting services, with some allowing staff to spend the night. 

Carmel, N.Y.-based Putnam Hospital, a Nuvance Health affiliate, will suspend services at its birthing center because its physician provider of labor and delivery services is leaving, the hospital’s president, Mark Hirko, MD, confirmed in a statement sh…