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Dear Community Partners,

Here are today’s updates:

• Cultural Ambassadors Help at Harvesters
• Current Status at Stormont Vail Health

Cultural Ambassadors Help at Harvesters

Giving back to the community was the goal of the Stormont Vail Cultural Ambassadors who recently spent an evening volunteering at Harvester’s community food network. The Cultural Ambassadors are team members from across the Stormont Vail system who embody the culture of Small Moments, are compassionate, observant and creative, and promote Stormont Vail’s mission to work together to improve the health of our community.

Current Status at Stormont Vail Health

The weekly COVID-19 scorecard is posted on the Stormont Vail website. Here are highlights are from the scorecard:

• 13 inpatients are COVID-19 positive. This is up from 6 inpatients last week.
• 97% of recent COVID-19 admissions are unvaccinated or had last dose/booster more than 6 months ago.
• COVID-19 inpatient discharges (previous week): 13. Deaths: 1.
• 7 COVID-19 positive patients in the outpatient Enhanced Primary Care program.
• 10.8% of people tested for COVID-19 at Stormont Vail facilities the past seven days were positive. That is similar to 11.5% last week.
• 19 team members and 2 providers on contact leave for COVID-19. The total of 21 people on contact leave this week compares to 20 last week.
• 111,569 vaccinations (included boosters) administered.
• To schedule a COVID-19 vaccine appointment:
  • Use online scheduling assistant at stormontvail.org/covid19/vaccine
  • Call (785) 270-4786.

We together,
Dr. Kenagy