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How full have suburban hospitals become?


Updated 12/13/2020 8:27 AM
More than a third of the state s 171 short-term care and critical access hospitals have reported at least one week where 80% or more of the hospital s staffed inpatient adult beds were occupied.
 
The report tracks hospital occupancy and COVID-19 caseloads for 18 weeks between July 31 and Nov. 27. It tracks the number of staffed beds available, which in many cases is less than the total number of beds in the hospital. Some hospitals did not have complete figures for all 18 weeks.
Illinois public health officials monitor hospital occupancy regionally to determine if COVID-19 mitigation restrictions should be implemented. If hospital bed occupancy exceeds 80% in a region, that could trigger those restrictions on business operations and social gathering sizes. ....

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