https://www.tn.gov/health/cedep/ncov/data/hospitalization-data/current-covid-hospitalizations.html
unless I’m reading the charts wrong, TN is reporting 4 adults in ICU on average per hospital with half on lifesupport, 8 juveniles in ICU statewide, w/6 on lifesupport out of about 27 juveniles and over 1400 adults total hospitalized. Current 8/6
Good post.
Looking at the website you linked, I saw for yesterday (8/6) 27 pediatric (0-17 years of age) Covid positive cases in the entire state of Tennessee (113 different facilities reporting) and 10 were in ICU with 7 on ventilators.
That is one pediatric Covid positive ICU patient in one out of every 13 facilities (I assume reporting facilities DO have pediatric ICU beds) that could be filled.
I could be wrong, and nobody wants to see any kids in a hospital bed, but that doesn’t seem like an enormous amount to me, though it is far more than usual.