UPMC Children’s Hospital sees increase in Covid patients

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh officially opened its new campus in Lawrenceville on May 2, 2009. The $625 million cost was more than the combined construction costs of PNC Park and Heinz Field.

By By Paul J. Gough – Reporter, Pittsburgh Business Times

PITTSBURGH — UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh continues to see an increase in the number of children seeking treatment due to the delta variant of Covid-19 as its physicians urged continued mask wearing and vaccinations as the only way to stop the spread of the virus.

“We’re in a particularly risky phase of the pandemic for children,” said Dr. John Williams, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, during a news conference Wednesday.

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Williams said there have been a “modest increase” in the number of Covid-19 patients at UPMC Children’s Hospital outpatient, emergency room and inpatient settings.

“And that includes in the ICU,” Williams said.

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