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Latest Hospital Capacity In Fort Myers Area
See how the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has affected hospital capacity in Lee County and across FL.
FORT MYERS, FL — COVID-19 hospitalizations continued to decline nationally, but the country still needs time to get back to pre-omicron variant hospital occupancy levels.
Around 128,500 inpatient beds were being used for COVID-19 patients as of Feb. 1, which was a drop of more than 20,000 beds from the prior week, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
State health officials in Florida reported to the federal government Feb. 1 that approximately 79 percent of inpatient beds and 82 percent of intensive care unit beds in hospitals across the state were occupied. Around 16 percent of inpatient beds and 22 percent of ICU beds statewide were filled by COVID-19 patients, they reported.
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The latest hospitalization numbers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Lee County, included below, are from Jan. 21-27 and represent a rolling seven-day average. Note that the figures for occupied hospital beds sometimes exceed 100 percent; this is because more than one patient sometimes occupies a bed over the course of a week.
Below are the latest figures for hospitals in Lee County.
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LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
2776 CLEVELAND AVE, FORT MYERS
- All adult inpatient beds: 599.9
- Inpatient beds occupied: 567.3
- Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 128.1
- Percent of inpatient beds used: 94.57%
- Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 21.35%
- All adult ICU beds: 52.3
- ICU beds occupied: 47.1
- ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 14.3
- Percent of ICU beds used: 90.06%
- Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 27.34%
GULF COAST MEDICAL CENTER LEE MEM HEALTH SYSTEM
13681 DOCTORS WAY, FORT MYERS
- All adult inpatient beds: 547.1
- Inpatient beds occupied: 535.9
- Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 101.1
- Percent of inpatient beds used: 97.95%
- Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 18.48%
- All adult ICU beds: 66
- ICU beds occupied: 61.6
- ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 16.4
- Percent of ICU beds used: 93.33%
- Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 24.85%
CAPE CORAL HOSPITAL
636 DEL PRADO BLVD, CAPE CORAL
- All adult inpatient beds: 293
- Inpatient beds occupied: 283
- Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 81.6
- Percent of inpatient beds used: 96.59%
- Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 27.85%
- All adult ICU beds: 22
- ICU beds occupied: 20.7
- ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 8
- Percent of ICU beds used: 94.09%
- Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 36.36%
SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL-FORT MYERS
3050 CHAMPION RING ROAD, FORT MYERS
- All adult inpatient beds: 60
- Inpatient beds occupied: 50.1
- Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
- Percent of inpatient beds used: 83.50%
- Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
- All adult ICU beds: 0
- ICU beds occupied: 0
- ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0
- Percent of ICU beds used: N/A
- Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
LEHIGH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
1500 LEE BLVD, LEHIGH ACRES
- All adult inpatient beds: 53
- Inpatient beds occupied: 41.1
- Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 19.9
- Percent of inpatient beds used: 77.55%
- Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 37.55%
- All adult ICU beds: 16
- ICU beds occupied: 4.6
- ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
- Percent of ICU beds used: 28.75%
- Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
LANDMARK HOSPITAL OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
1500 LEE BLVD, 3RD FLOOR, LEHIGH ACRES
- All adult inpatient beds: 32
- Inpatient beds occupied: 22.4
- Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 4.4
- Percent of inpatient beds used: 70.00%
- Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 13.75%
- All adult ICU beds: 10
- ICU beds occupied: N/A
- ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
- Percent of ICU beds used: N/A
- Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
Editor’s note: This list was automatically generated using data compiled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The local hospitals included in the list are limited to those included in the government data, and the numbers reported by these hospitals to HHS have not been independently verified by Patch. Please report any errors or other feedback to us.
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