A hospital bed will be waiting for you if you need it even as COVID-19 hospitalizations rise nationally.  The Wisconsin Hospital Association reported Thursday that only seven intensive care unit (ICU beds were available and the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has been on the rise in northeast Wisconsin since July. Door County Medical Center Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jim Heise says they are busy like the Green Bay hospitals are, but they are not at the point where drastic measures need to be taken.

Door County announced two hospitalizations earlier this week. Heise says as of right now they are not backing off of elective procedures like they were forced to do last fall when the pandemic hit its peak locally.