DanM wrote:
The Alabama Hospital Association has released its daily statistics on the status of Alabama hospitals in treating people with COVID-19. The percentage of patients in ICU with COVID-19 has now dropped to 17%.
About a month ago, the percentage was 44%.
https://www.alabamanews.net/2021/10/19/covid-19-in-alabama-percentage-of-icu-patients-with-covid-19-falls-to-17/
Good link--thanks--and good news! I'd be thrilled if not another person were sickened or killed by this terrible disease. From the linked story:
There are now 1,533 staffed ICU beds in the state and 1,355 ICU patients. That makes the ICU bed surplus 178, which has held steady for the past week.
78% of adults in the hospital are unvaccinated. Four percent are partially vaccinated, while 18% are fully vaccinated.
It would be interesting to find out whether statewide ICU capacity has expanded, which of course would drop the percentage by itself. I know that Kay Ivey issued a proclamation to help with that, but can't find how much the capacity might have actually grown since the terrible days in late summer when Alabama didn't have a single free ICU bed:
Alabama’s COVID-19 hospitalizations over the two weeks ending Monday [September 13th] fell by 13 percent, with 2,474 hospitalized on Monday. Of those hospitalized, 83 percent were unvaccinated, according to the Alabama Hospital Association.
There were 44 children hospitalized with COVID-19 in Alabama on Monday, with 17 in ICU beds and 8 on ventilators, according to the association. Of the 24 pregnant women hospitalized with COVID on Monday, 3 were in ICUs and one was on a ventilator.
https://www.alreporter.com/2021/09/14/alabamas-covid-19-hospitalizations-declining-icu-bed-capacity-still-critical/