[Pollard]

Cuomo said they run at 80% capacity all the time so that 3200 is really several hundred.

[Jane Long]

Yep...and, we’ve been guesstimating ICU capacity at about 60%, PRE-virus, for most hospitals, across the country.

[cgbg]

Thanks—I had not heard that capacity number before.

400 available ICU beds can handle 2,700 positives (15%).

They should be near capacity any day now...

Then it doubles every three days or so...

March 19—800, 400 above capacity
March 22-1,600, 1,200 above capacity
March 25-3,200, 2,400 above capacity
March 28-6,400, 6,000 above capacity
End of month—12,800, 12,400 above capacity...

Totally boggles the mind...