Dr. Catherine O’Neal: We Have a 50% Increase of Covid Cases from Just Last Week

EXCERPT:

O'NEAL: "Right now in the community, the spread is exponential. And that exponential spread is because of the Delta variant. We know now that Delta variant carries thousand times more viral load and everybody who's sick with it. And that spreads to more and more people than previous variants. So last year's variant that we thought was bad enough was far less contagious than this variant. And that's resulting in just an exponential number of patients coming into the hospital. So this morning, we're sitting at 119 COVID positive patients in our hospital that's a 50 percent increase from just last week."