Covid-19 has struck 7 members of the same family. Now they are speaking out so that others do not experience the same pain.

Two hospital systems have given Thanksgiving updates on their coronavirus case count, both saying cases are increasing in their hospitals but expressing confidence in their ability to cope with the growing caseload.

One hospital system has said that the current situation “no longer comes close to what we experienced in March”, and another system echoed this claim “well within our capacity to manage”.

Mt. Sinai Health System Chief Medical Officer Dr Vicki LoPachin said in a note Wednesday that coronavirus cases continue to rise on Mt. The Sinai health system, but that the current number of cases “is still within our expectations and well within our treatment capabilities.”

Dr Craig Smith, director of the department of surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, which is also affiliated with the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital System, said in a post Thursday that the new Covid-19 case curve is “free of positive equivocation “but nothing comes close to it” What we experienced in March. ”

Smith’s candid updates during the heat of New York’s coronavirus crisis gained a large following in the spring.

Smith said NYP and CU have a “meticulous plan” for staff changes if the spike in cases escalates rapidly, and that at present, systems are not close to a level where elective surgeries. should be set aside in order to cope. with an influx of cases.

Smith also said institutions were in the process of planning “blueprints” for vaccine distribution.

On Wednesday morning, the system welcomed 157 patients positive for Covid-19 in their hospitals, including 25 in intensive care.

LoPachin has warned Mt. Sinai health care workers must “relax, recharge and prepare for the work ahead” as the number of coronavirus cases is expected to rise as some ignore warnings against the Thanksgiving holiday rally.

“We know that many people will ignore the warnings and gather in insecurity tomorrow with their families, and that patients with new COVID-19 infections resulting from these gatherings will arrive at our hospitals in the coming weeks,” said LoPachin. “Your family needs you, your colleagues need you and your patients need you, now more than ever.”