Boston hospitals ‘challenged' by coronavirus as city data shows beds almost full

“Challenged” Boston hospitals remain on the brink of running out of beds amid the coronavirus surge, according to city data.
The numbers show that 99% of all adult hospital beds in Boston are full, a number the city's hovered at for six days. The hospitals' intensive care units are faring better, with 12% of beds free - though both metrics, which are seven-day moving averages, remain worse than the marks Boston officials laid out in October for “thresholds for concern.”
The threshold for concern for all adult hospital beds was 95%, a mark the city crossed Jan. 6. The hospitals blew past the 20% line set out for ICU capacity in mid December.
This data comes from Boston's semiweekly report, which was released in its latest iteration Wednesday night. Hospitals say they're still managing - but have high numbers of patients.
Terry Hudson-Jinks, Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Patient Experience Officer at Tufts Medical Center, said her hospital is “currently running at 135-145% of our typical occupancy.”
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