The U.S. hospitals where the ICU occupancy stayed high; Hospitals in Texas, California and Florida are among the most burdened

The states where ICU occupancy stayed high Hospitals in Texas, California and Florida are among the most burdened in the country. NBC News

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While Covid cases and deaths have ebbed and flowed nationally, an NBC News analysis of Health and Human Services data shows that 20 hospitals nationwide had full ICUs for more than 52 weeks since the onset of the pandemic. And health experts say these repeated Covid surges create monumental challenges to patients and health care providers.

A 2014 study on intensive care occupancy and ventilator use found that from 2005 to 2007, ICU occupancy rates ranged from 57 percent to 81 percent,  ...

More than a dozen hospitals have been at or over capacity for 52 weeks or longer of the past 59 weeks.

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