Officials say beds still available as COVID hospitalizations rise to record highs

By Carmen FormanStaff writercforman@oklahoman.comAs the number of people hospitalized due to complications of COVID-19 hit an all-time high Monday, state officials were quick to reassure Oklahomans that hospitals still have capacity. In a news conference Tuesday, officials also outlined a new, four-tiered hospital surge plan that they say will be complete in the coming days. Figures provided in conjunction with the surge plan also offered the first glimpse at just how many COVID-19 patients Oklahoma’s hospitals can handle. Oklahoma is currently in the first tier of the surge plan, which means fewer than 15% of the patients being admitted to hospitals statewide have COVID-19, said Patti Davis, president of the Oklahoma Hospital Association. If Oklahoma exceeds 851 COVID-19 patients hospitalized statewide for more than three consecutive days, then hospitals will likely advance to tier two of the surge plan, which would allow them to boost staffing levels through the Medical Reserve Corps and transfer recovering patients to other medical facilities. If the state has more than 1,135 of COVID-19 patients hospitalized statewide for more than three consecutive days, hospitals will have to limit elective surgeries in an effort to reduce capacity.Read more on NewsOK.com

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