Local hospitals preparing for increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations
January 3, 2022![Local hospitals preparing for increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations Local hospitals preparing for increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations](https://www.wwlp.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/07/115BB918E5634FDDA9BB3C6BA9A305F2_37081658_ver1.0.jpg?strip=1&w=640)
More than 100,000 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 in the country for first time in nearly four months and health experts are bracing for several record-breaking days in the weeks ahead.