Hospital Intensive Care Beds vs. COVID-19 Positive Cases
Isaac H. Michaels, MPH
March 17, 2020
Overview
As of 3/17/2020 at 2:13:09 AM, the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University reports that there have been 4,661 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States.1 The World Health Organization reported on 3/01/2020 that approximately 14% of COVID-19 patients experienced severe illness, and approximately 5% of COVID-19 patients were critically ill.2 The incidence trajectory has public health officials increasingly concerned about the health care system becoming overwhelmed.3 As a result, public officials and health care administrators in New York State are taking unprecendented emergency measures to increase health facility surge capacity.4 To provide proxies for supply and demand for COVID-19 related health care services, the data visualization below compares the cumulative number of positive cases of COVID-19 to the number of hospital intensive care unit beds in New York City and counties throughout the state.
- https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
- https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200301-sitrep-41-covid-19.pdf?sfvrsn=6768306d_2
- https://www.vox.com/2020/3/10/21171481/coronavirus-us-cases-quarantine-cancellation
- https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/during-coronavirus-briefing-governor-cuomo-issues-executive-order-allowing-state-increase
Graph
Graph Prepared by: Isaac H. Michaels, MPH
Health Facilities Data Source: Health Data NY
COVID-19 Data Source: https://health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/coronavirus/
Table
| Location | Intensive Care Beds | COVID-19 Positive Cases |
|---|---|---|
| Albany | 84 | 12 |
| Allegany | 6 | 2 |
| Broome | 34 | 1 |
| Cattaraugus | 14 | 0 |
| Cayuga | 5 | 0 |
| Chautauqua | 15 | 0 |
| Chemung | 13 | 0 |
| Chenango | 2 | 0 |
| Clinton | 14 | 0 |
| Columbia | 9 | 0 |
| Cortland | 12 | 0 |
| Dutchess | 29 | 10 |
| Erie | 177 | 6 |
| Franklin | 14 | 0 |
| Fulton | 8 | 0 |
| Genesee | 4 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 6 | 0 |
| Livingston | 8 | 0 |
| Madison | 6 | 0 |
| Monroe | 161 | 10 |
| Montgomery | 5 | 1 |
| Nassau | 265 | 109 |
| New York City | 1414 | 463 |
| Niagara | 34 | 0 |
| Oneida | 53 | 0 |
| Onondaga | 148 | 1 |
| Ontario | 22 | 1 |
| Orange | 58 | 11 |
| Oswego | 4 | 0 |
| Otsego | 14 | 0 |
| Rensselaer | 12 | 0 |
| Rockland | 35 | 16 |
| Saint Lawrence | 10 | 0 |
| Saratoga | 12 | 5 |
| Schenectady | 36 | 4 |
| Steuben | 8 | 0 |
| Suffolk | 216 | 63 |
| Sullivan | 13 | 0 |
| Tompkins | 8 | 1 |
| Ulster | 25 | 7 |
| Warren | 12 | 0 |
| Wayne | 8 | 0 |
| Westchester | 148 | 220 |
| Wyoming | 5 | 0 |
| Greene | 0 | 2 |
| Putnam | 0 | 2 |
| Delaware | 0 | 1 |
| Herkimer | 0 | 1 |
| Tioga | 0 | 1 |