How Close Are Omaha Area Hospitals To Capacity? Latest

OMAHA, NE — The omicron coronavirus variant has quickly reached dominance in the United States as the holiday season gets into peak swing.

The highly-contagious variant will likely sicken many of the country's 40 million unvaccinated adults in the near future, and some will require hospitalization, President Joe Biden said Tuesday. The vaccinated, and particularly those who have been boosted, have better odds of not getting sick or only catching a mild illness.

“That will mean hospitals are going to get extremely stressed again, both in terms of equipment as well as personnel to care for those who get sick,” he said.

Biden directed the Pentagon to mobilize 1,000 additional military personnel to help staff local hospitals and expand capacity. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will also deploy teams to provide additional hospital bed capacity.

Nationally, about 77 percent of inpatient beds were occupied as of Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. About one out of every 10 beds are occupied by a COVID-19 patient.

State health officials in Nebraska reported to the federal government Dec. 22 that approximately 76 percent of inpatient beds and 88 percent of intensive care unit beds in hospitals across the state were occupied. Around 18 percent of inpatient beds and 32 percent of ICU beds statewide were filled by COVID-19 patients, they reported.

Coronavirus-related hospitalizations remain well below the national peak of 124,000 patients in January 2021, when vaccines were scarce. A daily average of about 61,000 total patients were hospitalized with the virus between Dec. 13 and 19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is up about 4.2 percent from the prior week.

However, the CDC projects that new COVID-19 hospital admissions will be somewhere between 6,300 and 18,400 patients per day by Jan. 7; the current seven-day average is about 7,800 daily admissions.

The latest hospitalization numbers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Douglas County, included below, are current through Dec. 10, 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.

Health experts have said that the share of a hospital's total beds devoted to coronavirus cases is key to understanding the strain on its resources. A share greater than 10 percent is said to be a cause of concern. When that share exceeds 20 percent, a hospital is said to be under extreme stress; and as the share approaches 50 percent, the stress is said to be immense.

Below are the latest figures for hospitals in Douglas County.

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CHI HEALTH CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER - B
7500 MERCY RD, OMAHA

• All adult inpatient beds: 276
• Inpatient beds occupied: 251.4
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 46
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 91.09%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 16.67%
• All adult ICU beds: 45.9
• ICU beds occupied: 42.6
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 11.1
• Percent of ICU beds used: 92.81%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 24.18%

CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL
6901 NORTH 72ND ST, OMAHA

• All adult inpatient beds: 137
• Inpatient beds occupied: 136.1
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 30
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 99.34%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 21.90%
• All adult ICU beds: 24
• ICU beds occupied: 23.7
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 8.1
• Percent of ICU beds used: 98.75%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 33.75%

CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE
16901 LAKESIDE HILLS CT, OMAHA

• All adult inpatient beds: 113
• Inpatient beds occupied: 93.6
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 35.3
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 82.83%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 31.24%
• All adult ICU beds: 16
• ICU beds occupied: 15.6
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 12.6
• Percent of ICU beds used: 97.50%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 78.75%

MADONNA REHABILITATION SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OMAHA
17500 BURKE STREET, OMAHA

• All adult inpatient beds: 50
• Inpatient beds occupied: 46
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 92.00%
• 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

MADONNA REHABILITATION SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OMAHA
17500 BURKE STREET, OMAHA

• All adult inpatient beds: 32
• Inpatient beds occupied: 20.4
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 63.75%
• 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

METHODIST HOSPITAL
8303 DODGE ST, OMAHA

• All adult inpatient beds: 289
• Inpatient beds occupied: 275.7
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 59.9
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 95.40%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 20.73%
• All adult ICU beds: 40
• ICU beds occupied: 40
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 21.6
• Percent of ICU beds used: 100.00%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 54.00%

MIDWEST SURGICAL HOSPITAL LLC
7915 FARNAM DRIVE, OMAHA

• All adult inpatient beds: 25
• Inpatient beds occupied: 11.7
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 46.80%
• 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

NEBRASKA SPINE HOSPITAL, LLC
P O BOX 34400, 6901 NORTH 72ND ST, STE 20300, OMAHA

• All adult inpatient beds: 34
• Inpatient beds occupied: 9.9
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 29.12%
• 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

ORTHONEBRASKA HOSPITAL
2808 SOUTH 143RD PLAZA, OMAHA

• All adult inpatient beds: 21.1
• Inpatient beds occupied: 19.3
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 91.47%
• 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

SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL - OMAHA (CENTRAL CAMPUS)
1870 SOUTH 75TH STREET, OMAHA

• All adult inpatient beds: 52
• Inpatient beds occupied: 31.6
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 60.77%
• 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

THE NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER
987400 NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER, OMAHA

• All adult inpatient beds: 521
• Inpatient beds occupied: 498
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 107
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 95.59%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 20.54%
• All adult ICU beds: 112
• ICU beds occupied: 101.4
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 20.9
• Percent of ICU beds used: 90.54%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 18.66%

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 content@patch.com.