Mary Wilson
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AUGUST 20, 2021 — 4:15PM
By Jeremy Olson
... Minnesota also is receiving transfer requests from as far away as Tennessee and Florida, because the fast-spreading delta variant has caused a COVID-19 surge in the South that has consumed available ICU beds. Minnesota's C4 coordinating center received 29 requests Thursday from hospitals seeking to transfer patients and was able to accommodate only 12.
... State data show 1,135 of 1,208 immediately available intensive care beds filled by patients with COVID-19 or other unrelated medical needs — a 93% occupancy rate.
Twenty surge beds have been opened in central and northern Minnesota to address patient demand, the highest number since Dec. 7.
https://www.startribune.com/minneso...19-patients-some-from-out-of-state/600089646/
By Jeremy Olson
... Minnesota also is receiving transfer requests from as far away as Tennessee and Florida, because the fast-spreading delta variant has caused a COVID-19 surge in the South that has consumed available ICU beds. Minnesota's C4 coordinating center received 29 requests Thursday from hospitals seeking to transfer patients and was able to accommodate only 12.
... State data show 1,135 of 1,208 immediately available intensive care beds filled by patients with COVID-19 or other unrelated medical needs — a 93% occupancy rate.
Twenty surge beds have been opened in central and northern Minnesota to address patient demand, the highest number since Dec. 7.
https://www.startribune.com/minneso...19-patients-some-from-out-of-state/600089646/