Madison hospitals say they’re treating COVID-19 patients

Hospitals serving Madison confirmed Tuesday that they’re now treating COVID-19 patients.

UW Health, SSM Health and UnityPoint Health-Meriter said in a joint statement that they’re each treating COVID-19 patients at their facilities.

“While we will not be releasing daily or weekly numbers of COVID-19 positive patients, our preparations are focused on the expectation that we will see an increase in positive-testing patients over the coming weeks,” they said in a statement.

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