The federal government on Monday released an updated set of detailed hospital-level data showing the toll COVID-19 is taking on health care facilities, including how many inpatient and ICU beds are available on a weekly basis.
Using an analysis from the University of Minnesota's COVID-19 Hospitalization Tracking Project, NPR created a tool that allows you to see how your local hospital and your county overall are faring. It focuses on how many beds are filled with COVID-19 patients, showing that data for each hospital and county.
Though there's not a clear threshold, it's concerning when that rate rises above 10%, hospital capacity experts told NPR. Anything above 20% represents "extreme stress" for the hospital, according to a framework developed by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. If that figure gets to near 50% or above, the stress on staff is immense.
Type in your county in the look-up tool below the map to find details about local hospitals. If the map doesn't load initially, hit refresh on your browser.
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Here are the numbers for Santa Clara County, which has been particularly hard hit. Click on the image to enlarge.
-Sean McMinn and Audrey Carlsen, NPR