Rockford hospital furloughs some personnel?

Mercyhealth issues temporary furloughs for its employees

By WIFR Newsroom |

Posted: Mon 3:44 PM, Mar 23, 2020

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) -- Effective Monday, March 23, a temporary furlough program will be put in place for employee/partners who are not providing direct patient care and for those that provide services that can be delayed.

Mercyhealth officials say they do not expect this to last more than a few weeks. In a press release, the medical system says, "Mercyhealth continues to work hard to ensure our patient care teams are prepared as the COVID-19 pandemic has hit our community. We must abide by orders from the State of Illinois, and likely soon Wisconsin, to “shelter in place” and maintain social distancing until further notice. These are unprecedented times. In order to make sure we are positioned to meet our patients’ expected needs for critical care services and survive the economic challenges presented by this COVID-19 situation, Mercyhealth had to make difficult decisions.

Mercyhealth Human Resources will be available to assist partners with questions about these temporary furloughs to help employees through this difficult time.

For more information on COVID-19 from Mercyhealth, visit their website​.

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March 23: Illinois COVID-19 Cases 1285

Illinois COVID Cases

Daily COVID-19 Press Conferences

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Illinois Test Results

Positive (Confirmed)

1285 (1049 3-22-2020)

Deaths

12  ( 9 3-22-2020)

Total Persons Tested*

9868   (8374 3-22-2020)

*Total # of persons reported electronically for testing of COVID-19 at IDPH, commercial or hospital laboratories.
All numbers displayed are provisional and subject to change.
Information regarding the number of persons under investigation updated on March 23, 2020.
Information to be updated Daily.

COVID-19 Illinois Positive Cases

Above is from:  http://www.dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/diseases-and-conditions/diseases-a-z-list/coronavirus

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Cases in U.S.

On This Page

• U.S. at a Glance
• Cases Reported to CDC
• States Reporting Cases to CDC
• Cases among Repatriated Persons
• Epi Curve: U.S. Cases by Illness Onset

Updated March 23, 2020

This page will be updated regularly at noon Mondays through Fridays. Numbers close out at 4 p.m. the day before reporting.

CDC is responding to an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus. The outbreak first started in Wuhan, China, but cases have been identified in a growing number of other locations internationally, including the United States. In addition to CDC, many public health laboratories are now testing for the virus that causes COVID-19.

COVID-19: U.S. at a Glance*

• Total cases: 33,404
• Total deaths: 400
• Jurisdictions reporting cases: 54 (50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and US Virgin Islands)

^* Data include both confirmed and presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 reported to CDC or tested at CDC since January 21, 2020, with the exception of testing results for persons repatriated to the United States from Wuhan, China and Japan. State and local public health departments are now testing and publicly reporting their cases. In the event of a discrepancy between CDC cases and cases reported by state and local public health officials, data reported by states should be considered the most up to date.

Cases of COVID-19 Reported in the US, by Source of Exposure*†

Cases of COVID-19 Reported in the US, by Source of Exposure

Travel-related
449

Close contact
539

Under investigation
32,416

Total cases
33,404

^* Data include both confirmed and presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 reported to CDC or tested at CDC since January 21, 2020, with the exception of testing results for persons repatriated to the United States from Wuhan, China and Japan. State and local public health departments are now testing and publicly reporting their cases. In the event of a discrepancy between CDC cases and cases reported by state and local public health officials, data reported by states should be considered the most up to date.

† CDC is no longer reporting the number of persons under investigation (PUIs) that have been tested, as well as PUIs that have tested negative. Now that states are testing and reporting their own results, CDC’s numbers are not representative of all testing being done nationwide

Above is from:  https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html