US Hospitals Will Run out of
Beds If Coronavirus Spikes Analysis based on data from several official
sources finds that no U.S. state will have the
hospital capacity to treat those infected
with COVID-19, should the virus spike. According to 'USA Today,'
it's possible that for every single
hospital bed, six patients would need treatment. The analysis is thought to be conservative
because it assumes that the 790,000 hospital
beds in the U.S. would be empty. Approximately two thirds of
hospital beds are currently in use. Dr. James Lawler,
via 'USA Today' Dr. James Lawler,
via 'USA Today' Worst-case scenarios put the
estimate at 17 patients infected with
COVID-19 for every single U.S. hospital bed.