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There were three more Warren County cases of COVID-19 announced by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on Friday.
"Out of an abundance of caution due to increased COVID-19 activity in the Warren County area and across the region … effective Monday, Nov. 16, Warren General Hospital will no longer allow visitors," Executive Director of Operations Kathryn Carlson said.
There are some exceptions:
¯ one support person will be allowed with surgical patients;
¯ one support person will be allowed with emergency room patients;
¯ one parent or guardian will be allowed with a minor child;
¯ one support person will be allowed with laboring mothers;
¯ end-of-life patients may have visitors as permitted by their attending physician; and
¯ Warren Medical Group, RehabWorks, and Wound Care patients are permitted to have one healthy person accompany them to their appointments.
A support person must be 18 years of age or older.
Once a support person is designated, that is the only support person allowed for the duration of the patient's stay.
Patients and visitors will be screened.
"Any person entering WGH or WMG must be screened at the entrance and will be required to wear a mask at all times," Executive Director of Operations Dan Grolemund said. "Any patient who is positive or under investigation, for COVID-19, will not be permitted to have visitors at any time."
There have already been 28 new cases announced in November, exceeding the previous high for a month set in October.
With the exception of April, during which no new cases were announced in the county, each month since the first case was identified in March has had more cases than the one before.