Data show pandemic’s impact on Indiana hospitals
An exterior view of Columbus Regional Hospital in Columbus, Ind., pictured, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Mike Wolanin | The Republic
Data released by the federal government this week painted a more detailed picture of the toll that the pandemic has been taking on thousands of individual hospitals in the U.S. — including Columbus Regional Hospital, where the increase in the share of beds filled with COVID-19 patients has been among the highest in the state over the past three months.
Records from the Department of Health and Human Services show that, on average, the percentage of beds at CRH occupied by COVID-19 patients has more than quadrupled since early September and only 12 out of 120 hospitals in Indiana reported higher increases over the same time period.