[cgbg]

In just a matter of days, #Turkey has gone from “1 case” to nearly 1000, and being the region’s second most-affected country (after #Iran)

https://twitter.com/michaelh992/status/1241455873244958727

[cgbg]

Dougherty County, Georgia (population 90,000) now has 83 cases of coronavirus and 5 deaths

Report of 83 confirmed cases by Phoebe indicate that Dougherty Co. number reported today by DPH (46) has spiked.

Dougherty ONLY has 50 ICU beds. But now has 83 confirmed cases w/ hundreds more waiting on test results.

https://twitter.com/lookner/status/1241466443302084610

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Pop quiz: How many cases will it take to overload Dougherty County’s ICU beds?
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Answer: The average hospital ICU is 80% full on average. That means 10 beds are available for CV patients.

While 15% of folks with the disease are normally hospitalized, only about a third of them end up in the ICU.

10 beds/.05 = 200 positives to overload the ICU ward.