COVID-19 patients at Moses Cone Hospital will be moved to the former Women's Hospital on Green Valley Road, Allred said by email. The health system had additional ventilators in stock that they were able to designate to the Green Valley location, he said.

"Our physicians (pulmonary specialists, hospitalists, anesthesiologists, cardiologists, and critical care surgeons) have come together and created a plan so that all patients will have physicians who are skilled in airway and ventilator management," Allred said. "Nursing has done the same. We have capacity because we are not doing elective surgeries or procedures."

When asked if the former Women's Hospital location could be used to accept COVID-19 patients from other health systems, Allred replied, "If the need arises, we would collaborate with the state or any of our partners in the state."

In Guilford County, Cone Health also announced:

• Residents needing evaluation for severe COVID-19 symptoms should go to the Wesley Long Hospital Emergency Department.

• The emergency department at Wesley Long Hospital will remain open. Individuals requiring care for conditions other than COVID-19 may be transferred to Moses Cone Hospital for treatment.