COVID-19 Surge Pushes Intensive Care Beds
to Capacity Across U.S. .
A ‘New York Times’ data analysis has revealed the
increasingly dire state of COVID-19 in the United States.
Federal data shows that more than a
third of Americans are living in areas where
hospitals are running critically low on ICU beds. .
In El Paso, Texas, hospitals reported that there
are only 13 out of 400 ICU beds available. .
In Albuquerque, New Mexico,
there are no ICU beds available. .
As of last week, hospitals that serve
more than 100 million Americans reported having
less than 15 percent of ICU beds available. .
In the Midwest, South and Southwest, one in
ten Americans lives in an area where ICU beds are
either full or have less than 5 percent available.
State leaders are ramping up COVID-19 measures
and restrictions to manage the surge. .
In California, stay-at-home orders have
been issued in regions where hospitals
surpass 85 percent occupancy in ICUs.
In New Mexico, Governor Michelle Grisham is
expected to soon announce that hospitals can begin
rationing care based on who is more likely to survive