Washington Health System’s President and CEO Brook Ward wants to assure the public that beds in both Washington and Waynesburg Hospitals are available despite reports of rising Covid numbers in the county. Ward says that part of the reason for availability is the county’s 70% vaccination rate. The problem facing the hospitals is a shortage of staff, but that could be solved by rearranging some staff or programs, but Ward says there has not been a need for such actions yet. There are currently 31 in-patients in both hospitals, the high last year was 58.