Area ICU Capacity Drops Back into the Teens as Local COVID Cases Continue to Climb

BY: DAVID SHEPHERD, NEWS DIRECTOR

AREAWIDE -- We continue to follow local hospital capacity at this hour and beds continue to fill up with COVID-19 patients.

In our district, District 10, just over 16% of the ICU beds are currently available.  The day before, that number was closer to 21%.

43.5% of the occupied ICU beds are treating COVID-19 patients.

Nearly 77% of the district’s ventilators are currently available.