COVID-19 surge: Signs emerge that omicron's grip is easing as hospitals stay under stress

Jan 25

A few indicators hold hopeful signs for the Cincinnati region in its battle against the latest wave of COVID-19 but a peak hasn't yet been reached and a fight still remains, one expert warned.

Beginning last Saturday, hospitalizations dipped below 1,000 to 957 before dropping again to 948 on Sunday and then increasing back to 950 on Monday. But a net gain of 45 new hospitalizations shot the total back upward to 995 on Tuesday, a signal that even as cases slow, there's still a battle ahead for beleaguered healthcare workers.

"There are a few indicators that are positive," said Tiffany Mattingly, vice president of clinical strategies for the Health Collaborative, the coordinating group for the region's 40 hospitals. "There were a couple of days over the weekend that looked good, that we were heading in the right direction, and then they increased a little bit yesterday and a lot today."

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