Virginia: Don’t Go To ER If You Have Mild Symptoms

The Hill reports:

Virginia public health leaders urged residents with mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 cases to avoid making emergency hospital visits as the state sees a surge of coronavirus infections.

The Virginia Department of Health and Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association said that people who have asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 cases or other nonserious illnesses often can recover at home or seek primary treatment as needed, avoiding the need to go to the hospital.

According to the two agencies, “daily COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen from 922 on Dec. 1 to 2,101 as of today (Dec. 30), a 128 percent increase in that time.”

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Virginia health department and hospital officials reiterating that you shouldn’t go to the ER with an asymptomatic or mild COVID case: https://t.co/UBWX7Ommf8

— Sarah Rankin (@sarah_rankin) December 30, 2021