RALEIGH, N.C. — Hospitals across North Carolina are nearing capacity due to an increase in coronavirus patients. The state reported that more than 3,000 people are hospitalized with coronavirus on Tuesday. Seventy-six percent of North Carolina’s hospital beds were full.
More than 80% of the state’s Intensive Care Unit beds are filled as of Tuesday. And health experts expect coronavirus cases to increase as more people plan to travel for the holidays.
Marleigh Zacek, Harnett Health’s chief nursing officer said her biggest concern right now was “hospital bed space and the ability for all of us to continue to take care of all of our patients.”
The Capital Regional Healthcare Preparedness Coalition, which includes Wake, Franklin, Johnston, Harnett and Lee Counties, has the fewest available hospital and ICU beds of the eight regions in the state. Only 16 ICU beds are reported available, and only 189 hospital beds of any kind are open and staffed.
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