Ballad Health data: 340 COVID patients and nearly all are unvaccinated

Healthcare provider Ballad Health reports 56 new admissions to their facilities in Tennessee and Virginia for the COVID variant and a patient roll count of 340.

Statistics provided Tuesday show 97 patients are being treated in intensive care units with 69 patients placed on ventilators.

The majority of Ballad’s patients continue to be unvaccinated adults and the positivity rate continues to hover above 20 percent.

As of Tuesday, Sept. 28, we are treating 340 inpatients with COVID-19. This data pertains to Ballad Health’s 21-county service area of Tennessee and Virginia.

Call 833.822.5523 to schedule your COVID-19 vaccine today. #balladhealth pic.twitter.com/22nC8pUyDD

— Ballad Health (@BalladHealth) September 28, 2021

As of today, Virginia is reporting 56 more deaths from #COVID19.@BalladHealth recently reported 87 people on ventilators—and 86 of them were unvaccinated.

This is devastating but preventable. Get vaccinated.https://t.co/5ewV68hnCm

— Governor Ralph Northam (@GovernorVA) September 28, 2021

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