Colorado hasn’t yet reached the point where hospitals are rationing care, but a group of experts advising the governor are planning how best to do that should the state’s COVID-19 situation continue to worsen. As of Thursday, 72 beds were available in Colorado intensive-care units — a 12% decrease in one day — and only 570 general beds were open statewide. If the current acceleration in COVID-19 hospitalizations continues, the state could run out of hospital beds by the end of December, though Gov.