Fig. 2.

Surgical volume and pertinent milestones during the pandemic. The graph represents cumulative surgical volume over the study period. Specific milestones are described and marked by a vertical line. On March 16, 2020, PPE became widely available for all hospital staff. The next day on March 17, the hospital suspended all elective surgeries. On March 23, COVID-19 testing became available for all inpatients and operative patients. Lastly on March 29, our hospital began accepting COVID-19-positive patients from a nearby hospital.