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By Megan McNeil | July 7, 2020 at 6:03 PM MST - Updated July 7 at 6:18 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) -A record amount of deaths from COVID-19 were reported Tuesday from the state health department after the holiday weekend, and more than 3,600 new COVID-19 cases. Another stat continuing to go up is the usage of intensive care unit beds.
The more aggressive we can be, the more we can keep people from being intubated and out of the ICU, said Dr. Theresa Cullen, director of the Pima County Health Department.
Tuesday, the state reported 90 percent of ICU beds are being used, about 870 of the beds for COVID-19 patients. The strain seen across the state is similar to Pima County. PCHD said the county has 357 total ICU beds, as of Tuesday morning, there are only 11 free, but the number can fluctuate throughout the day ...
https://www.kold.com/2020/07/07/icu-beds-available-pima-county-dwindle-covid-cases-spike-arizona/
struggle4progress
(119,433 posts)By JEFF HORSEMAN
The Press-Enterprise
PUBLISHED: July 7, 2020 at 12:53 p.m. | UPDATED: July 7, 2020 at 4:22 p.m.
Six of Riverside Countys 17 acute-care hospitals are over their licensed capacity for intensive-care beds, the Board of Supervisors were told Tuesday, July 7, during an update on the coronavirus pandemic.
While hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients in the county continue to hit new highs, Emergency Management Director Bruce Barton stressed that hospitals are not overwhelmed and still have capacity to take patients. The six hospitals are utilizing other ICU beds according to their surge plan, Barton told the board during its regular meeting.
Still, the situation speaks to the stress the recent surge in COVID-19 cases has placed on the countys health care system. In the past month, confirmed cases have more than doubled going into Tuesday, the county had 20,555 cases and 486 deaths from the virus.
County spokeswoman Brooke Federico declined to say which six hospitals are over their ICU capacity. Thats because we look at all hospitals as one system that works together during disaster and emergencies
, she said via a text message ...
https://www.pe.com/2020/07/07/six-of-17-riverside-county-hospitals-exceed-icu-capacity/
struggle4progress
(119,433 posts)Author: Lauren Hensley
Published: 3:45 PM CDT July 7, 2020
Updated: 3:45 PM CDT July 7, 2020
BEAUMONT, Texas Jefferson County is now dealing with more patients fighting for their lives from coronavirus than any other time since the pandemic began.
Jefferson County Judge Jeff Branick tells 12News that ICU beds in Jefferson County are full and reaching maximum capacity.
"As of today, our hospital beds are at ICU capacity," Branick said. "They have the highest number of COVID patients (since) the end of May" ...
https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/jefferson-county-hospitals-near-icu-capacity/502-0e8226f3-4c97-497e-8ea0-736beec53aea
struggle4progress
(119,433 posts)By Nicole Chavez and Madeline Holcombe, CNN
Updated 9:37 PM ET, Tue July 7, 2020
The worsening coronavirus pandemic hit a series of somber peaks across the United States on Tuesday, renewing fears that more hospitals could be overloaded with Covid-19 patients.
At least 56 intensive care units in Florida hospitals reached capacity on Tuesday, state officials said. Another 35 hospitals show ICU bed availability of 10% or less, according to the Agency for Health Care Administration in that state.
Georgia surpassed 100,000 reported coronavirus cases, becoming the ninth state to pass the mark ...
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)a trump failure of leadership and he owns it along with every GOP Gov who rushed to reopen.
btw, this will explode in next 7-14 days as the July 4th weekend starts impacting the data and hospital demands