{"id":13192,"date":"2020-04-21T08:19:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T12:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hancockregionalhospital.org\/?p=13192"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:35:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:35:39","slug":"coronavirus-update-april-21-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/ja\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-update-april-21-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus Update: April 21, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
Growth in new cases of COVID-19 across the nation, state, and region has flattened in recent days, and in places like New York, has declined considerably.\u00a0 This has given reassurance to federal and state administrations to begin planning for the next phase in the COVID crisis \u2013 the initial easing of restrictions on travel and social distancing.\u00a0 At the federal level, the three-phase approach was published late last week (attached).\u00a0 At the state level, Governor Holcomb extended the \u201cStay at Home\u201d order though May 1st and provided additional clarity regarding outdoor activity and healthcare operations (attached).\u00a0 The revised executive order specifically notes the need for hospitals and healthcare providers to resume clinically indicated care that may have been postponed during the initial stage of the crisis.<\/p>\n

While I will continue to reference the overall trends in the data related to COVID-19, if you wish to review the data at the county-level personally without the need to build a spreadsheet, the ISDH has enhanced their website and the Regenstrief Institute has developed an additional tool.\u00a0 If you visit the pages at the following links and click on Hancock County on the map, you will see local detail at a level that was not previously available publicly:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.regenstrief.org\/covid-dashboard\/<\/a><\/p>\n

At Hancock Health we continue our COVID-related operations but are also working toward expanding access to our services for non-COVID patients as well.\u00a0 It is important to note that the majority of patients we have seen during this incident have been for urgent reasons not related to COVID-care.\u00a0 In addition, the number of patients needing COVID-care has diminished substantially over the course of the last week and is now at a lower level that we believe will be sustained over the long term until a vaccine is developed (with anticipated surges as society re-opens).\u00a0 Given this, we are beginning to create the healthcare model for the \u201cnew normal\u201d in our society.\u00a0 While we plan on releasing a fourth video update this weekend that touches on these efforts, following are updates on our COVID-related activities currently.<\/p>\n