Wisconsin Sees Record-Breaking Hospitalizations Due to Coronavirus [View all]
WISCONSIN— The Badger State has the most hospitalizations tied to coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic.
As of Tuesday, Sept. 22, 474 people are currently in the hospital due to coronavirus. That number includes 134 ICU patients, according to the Wisconsin Hospital Association.
358 people are on ventilators or a form of ventilatory equipment.
This is the highest number of hospitalizations Wisconsin has seen since April 9, when 446 Wisconsinites were hospitalized. At that time, 196 people were in the ICU, which remains the record high of Wisconsin coronavirus ICU patients. WHA says Wisconsin's 133 hospitals have a total of 1,475 ICU beds, 304 of which could be made immediately available.
6,765 Wisconsinites have been hospitalized due to coronavirus throughout the pandemic, at a 6.5 percent hospitalization rate.
Read more: https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/madison/news/2020/09/22/wisconsin-coronavirus-pandemic-hospitalization-record
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