Dr. Maldonado said his mindset throughout the pandemic has been to take it one step at a time, save one life at a time, vaccinate one person at a time.
With working at EAMC for over 11 years, Dr. Maldonado, infectious disease specialist, gives a personal look at the past several months of the pandemic.
Since peaking in early September, the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 at East Alabama Health has consistently decreased. However, those requiring intensive care are there for nearly four weeks on average, as of Monday.
From Sept. 13-19, 60 cases of COVID-19 among students, faculty and staff were reported to the University. Since fall classes began Aug. 16, the number of reported cases has fallen each week.
Auburn Univeristy announced in a recent newsletter its partnership with the Alabama Department of Public Health and the KICK COVID effort, which will arrive on Sept. 25.
100 students reported a positive COVID-19 test during the second week of September, a decrease from the 188 cases of the previous week.
The University plans to award aid within 10 business days of a student's application.
The Auburn University Senate convened on Tuesday to discuss high enrollment numbers amidst current COVID restrictions as well as how to provide incentives to students to keep them in step with the mandate while on campus.
That number marks a decrease from the first week of the fall semester, during which there were 424 positive cases reported to the University.
On Monday, Aug. 30, 77 patients were hospitalized at East Alabama Medical Center and EAMC-Lanier and 21 of 25 patients in the intensive care unit were on ventilators.
Dr. Fred Kam of the Auburn University Medical Clinic said he expects cases to rise for another three weeks.
Sixteen COVID-19 patients are on ventilators at East Alabama Health hospitals, a number that officials felt wouldn’t be reached after vaccines became available. There are 77 patients hospitalized at EAH for COVID-19, the highest since January 2021.
It appears that Auburn University's answer to the greatest pandemic in our lifetime is, “Party on!” I guess that’s a personal decision also.
Statewide pediatric hospitalizations have increased to 50. Nine of those patients are on ventilators.
Dr. Fred Kam, director of the Auburn University Medical Clinic, said Auburn University will run a mass vaccination program for booster shots following federal approval next month.
The goal to keep transmission on campus low is dependent on personal adherence to the University's COVID guidelines by the campus community, Dr. Fred Kam said.
Auburn City Schools and Opelika City Schools began their fall semesters with increased enrollment over the previous 2020-21 academic year, and they hope to maintain safe in-person instruction for students through continued COVID-19 policies.
More children ages 18 and younger tested positive over the last three weeks than in the prior 24 weeks combined.
The emergency proclamation, issued by Ivey on Friday, gives healthcare facilities more flexibility in their efforts to handle the increase in hospitalizations by removing certain bureaucratic checks typically in place.
Over 80% of COVID-19 patients in the East Alabama Health system are unvaccinated, with hospitalizations nearly doubling in the past six days.
Concerned parents and students showed up to the Auburn City Council meeting Tuesday night to speak out against the Auburn City Board of Education’s decision to require masks when school starts.
