RedDenver
Active member
March 27 (GMT)
- alert 7894 new cases and 89 new deaths in the United States
- NEW YORK (from New York Governor Cuomo daily briefing):
Apex of hospital need could be in 21 days from now in New York
- All hospitals need to increase capacity by 50%, some by 100%
- Need a total of 140,000 hospital beds. Currently have 53,000 (an additional 87,000 hospital beds are needed)
- Need a total of 40,000 ICU beds. Currently have 3,000, with 3,000 ventilators. An additional 37,000 ICU beds are needed
- Will use college dormitories, hotels, nursing homes, and all possible space by converting it to hospitals if needed in April
- 138,376 people have been tested
- Schools will stay closed for an additional 2 weeks after April 1, to then reassess the situation and extend again if needed. 180 days requirement has been waived
- "This is not going to be a short deployment [...] This is going to be weeks, and weeks, and weeks [...] This is a rescue mission you are on, to save lives. [...] You are living a moment in history that will change and forge character"