The new COVID-19 ICU unit is opening at Cox South.

It was built earlier this year.

CoxHealth says it decided to open the unit because of rising admissions and the prevalence of the disease.

CoxHealth will be opening our 51 bed COVID ICU. This will help us accommodate more patients, and continue to meet the larger community needs for general medical and surgical care.

— Steve Edwards (@SDECoxHealth) July 15, 2020

Here’s more from CoxHealth:

As of today, we are opening our new COVID-19 ICU. This unit allows us to care for very ill COVID patients in one place and continue serving patients with many other health needs across the system. We are grateful to community partners for helping make this unit happen so quickly.

— CoxHealth (@CoxHealth) July 15, 2020