DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Eight hospitals reported ventilator and bed capacity numbers to Mayor Eric Johnson’s office on Tuesday, which was the first day of new daily reporting requirements in the City.
According to the Mayor, the reporting requirements are meant to provide data to decision-makers and information to the public regarding the medical community’s capacity to handle an expected increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
“As I said when we required the daily COVID-19 testing data from all public and private labs in the city, transparency and facts are key to slowing the spread of this virus,” Mayor Johnson said.
As of Tuesday, 192 of the 631 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Dallas County have required hospitalization at some point. Of those hospitalized, 59 people were admitted to intensive care units, and 42 received mechanical ventilation, according to Dallas County.
Here are the aggregate totals for Tuesday as reported by the eight hospitals:
- Total beds: 2,868
- Beds occupied: 1,542
- Total ICU beds: 361
- ICU beds occupied: 204
- Total ventilators: 342
- Ventilators in use: 139
The City of Dallas announced the statistics on the same day Dallas county reported 100 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total case count in Dallas County to 731.
According to Dallas County, the 14th and 15th deaths from COVID-19 have been reported, including a man in his 50’s who was as resident of the city of Mesquite, and a woman in her 80’s who was a resident of the city of Garland. Both had been critically ill in area hospitals.
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