Cox Medical Center in Branson has re-opened its COVID-19 unit due to an increasing number of cases.
Patients who are critically ill with the virus in December were transferred to Springfield, but that’s not possible now because Cox and Mercy hospitals in Springfield are full.
Branson Director of Nursing Adene Smith says every bed at the hospital in Branson is occupied.
Smith says about 95% of the patients at Cox Medical Center in Branson are unvaccinated.