CentraCare announced a new visitor policy

Yesterday, CentraCare announced a new visitor policy —two healthy adult visitors allowed for adult and minor patients — and that the organization is resuming testing for people who are asymptomatic but have been in close contact to someone with COVID-19 or who plan to travel. The changes come amid hospitalizations and positivity rates declining. On Monday, CentraCare reported 58 inpatients — about 57% of whom are unvaccinated — hospitalized for COVID-19. Of those, eight require critical care and five are on ventilators. Of the five on ventilators, four were unvaccinated and the other was not up to date with a booster.