Number of COVID-19 cases in Seattle hospitals flat, city leaders told
SEATTLE — Hospitals around Washington state are reporting a flattening in the number of COVID-19 patients being treated at their facilities.
The data was released during a presentation Monday by the Northwest Healthcare Response Network and the Chief Medical Officer at the UW Medicine to members of the Seattle City Council.
“Although we are still at a plateau, we haven’t seen a decrease in the number of COVID-19 patients,” Dr. Timothy Dellit, UW's CMO, told KOMO News after the presentation. “The hospitals are able to manage the current level of surge, and hopefully it won't get worse. We don't think that it will as long as we stick with the current measures in the state."
Projections done on April 10 by the the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington had estimated 1,500 beds would be needed by COVID-19 patients when the surge peaked on April 5. The statewide hospital bed capacity is about 5,000 beds.
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