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Latest Hospital Capacity In Baton Rouge Area

Updated federal data shows how many hospital beds are currently filled in East Baton Rouge Parish and across LA.

BATON ROUGE, LA — 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 Louisiana reported to the federal government Feb. 1 that approximately 74 percent of inpatient beds and 82 percent of intensive care unit beds in hospitals across the state were occupied. Around 13 percent of inpatient beds and 25 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 East Baton Rouge Parish, 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 East Baton Rouge Parish.

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OUR LADY OF THE LAKE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
5000 HENNESSY BLVD, BATON ROUGE

  • All adult inpatient beds: 566
  • Inpatient beds occupied: 506.9
  • Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 116.4
  • Percent of inpatient beds used: 89.56%
  • Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 20.57%
  • All adult ICU beds: 108
  • ICU beds occupied: 100
  • ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 22.3
  • Percent of ICU beds used: 92.59%
  • Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 20.65%

BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER
8585 PICARDY AVE, BATON ROUGE

  • All adult inpatient beds: 290
  • Inpatient beds occupied: 233
  • Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 64.4
  • Percent of inpatient beds used: 80.34%
  • Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 22.21%
  • All adult ICU beds: 48
  • ICU beds occupied: 42.1
  • ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 17.6
  • Percent of ICU beds used: 87.71%
  • Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 36.67%

THE GENERAL
3600 FLORIDA BLVD, SUITE 2020, BATON ROUGE

  • All adult inpatient beds: 114
  • Inpatient beds occupied: 29
  • Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 11.6
  • Percent of inpatient beds used: 25.44%
  • Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 10.18%
  • All adult ICU beds: 24
  • ICU beds occupied: 5.1
  • ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
  • Percent of ICU beds used: 21.25%
  • Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A

OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER - BATON ROUGE
17000 MEDICAL CENTER DR, BATON ROUGE

  • All adult inpatient beds: 111.1
  • Inpatient beds occupied: 106.1
  • Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 38.7
  • Percent of inpatient beds used: 95.50%
  • Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 34.83%
  • All adult ICU beds: 20.6
  • ICU beds occupied: 17.6
  • ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 6.6
  • Percent of ICU beds used: 85.44%
  • Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 32.04%

LANE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
6300 MAIN STREET, ZACHARY

  • All adult inpatient beds: 96.3
  • Inpatient beds occupied: 81.3
  • Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 18.9
  • Percent of inpatient beds used: 84.42%
  • Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 19.63%
  • All adult ICU beds: 7.3
  • ICU beds occupied: 6.7
  • ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 4.3
  • Percent of ICU beds used: 91.78%
  • Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 58.90%

WOMANS HOSPITAL
100 WOMAN'S WAY, BATON ROUGE

  • All adult inpatient beds: 64
  • Inpatient beds occupied: 18
  • Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
  • Percent of inpatient beds used: 28.13%
  • Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
  • All adult ICU beds: 7
  • ICU beds occupied: N/A
  • 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: 0.00%

KPC PROMISE HOSPITAL OF BATON ROUGE
5130 MANCUSO LANE, BATON ROUGE

  • All adult inpatient beds: 53
  • Inpatient beds occupied: 47
  • Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0
  • Percent of inpatient beds used: 88.68%
  • Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0.00%
  • 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

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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