New hospitalization numbers from Sedgwick County show more COVID-19 patients are in hospital beds and intensive care units than ever before, though more ICU beds are available than previously reported. The new statistics from the Sedgwick County Health Department’s COVID-19 dashboard provide a fuller picture of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on local medical facilities. The new report added numbers for total intensive care unit beds and total ICU beds in use at public hospitals in Sedgwick County. The report shows more ICU beds are available than the county had reported a week ago, though more patients with COVID-19 are in Wichita hospitals. “We continue to be concerned as the volume of patients rises, but we are not yet seeing strain on our capacity to care for them,” Dave Stewart, the director of marketing and public relations for Wesley Healthcare, told The Eagle.
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