(WBAP/KLIF) — Health officials are eyeing a key statistic as the number of Coronavirus cases rise in North Texas.
Dallas County Health Director Phil Huang is paying close attention to the number of hospitalizations at the 25 hospitals in the Dallas area. In mid-September 4,003 patients were admitted to the hospital, putting capacity at 68%. on Saturday, that number increased to 76% as 4,484 people required hospitalization.
ICU bed capacity has also increased to 76% in October, up from 55% last month. Ventilator use has risen slightly to 38%.
Listen to WBAP/KLIF report:
Hospital Bed Capacity at 25 Dallas area hospitals
Sept 14th
5,890 beds / 4,003 occupied (68%)
916 icu beds / occupied 592 (55%)
993 ventilators / 343 in use (35%)
Oct 24th
5,883 beds / 4,484 occupied (76%)
911 icu beds / occupied 696 (76%)
990 ventilators / 373 in use (38%)
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