Ballad Reports Positivity Rate, Drops Slightly

Here’s something to be thankful for. Ballad Health reports Thursday, there were five fewer deaths in the health care providers 21 county service area and the positivity rate, although small, has dropped as well. Ballad says 89 patients have died in the past week and there are currently 209 patients in the hospital. The number of patients in the Intensive Care Unit dropped by one, however, the number of patients using a ventilator increased by five to 31 total.