1 In 5 NJ Hospital Beds Occupied By COVID-19 Patients: See Where

NEW JERSEY — About out of every five hospital beds in New Jersey is occupied by a patient being treated for the coronavirus, according to the latest federal data.

And if the numbers keep growing, more hospitals could run out of beds for all of their patients as the second wave of the coronavirus crisis continues to impact the Garden State.

Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel and South Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin are among the highest, where the latest federal data shows 35 percent and 34 percent, respectively, of inpatient beds filled with COVID-19 patients (see the list of hospitals below).

The high COVID percentages impact the hospitals' total capacity. Indeed, Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel and South Ocean Medical Center have filled 91 and 73 percent of total inpatient beds, respectively, according to the latest data.

At all New Jersey hospitals, an average of almost 20 percent of all inpatients beds are being occupied by COVID-19 patients, according to the data. More than 72 percent of the state's total inpatient beds are filled.

The US Department of Health and Human Services provided the "new, more granular, data release" this past month to show how COVID-19 is impacting hospitals and local communities across the country. The latest data comes from the last week of December.

"With this data release, how hospitals are impacted by COVID-19 will be shown on a per-hospital basis, allowing researchers, policymakers, and others to have greater insights into local COVID-19 response efforts," according to the department.

While there is no clear threshold, NPR, in a recent report, cited hospital experts saying that anything above 10 percent capacity of beds filled with COVID-19 patients is concerning and anything above 20 percent represents "extreme stress" for a hospital.

But Dawn Thomas, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Health, said the "concerning" point depends on total capacity at the hospital.

"Hospitals inform the department when they go on divert and the divert could be for specific services or departments of the hospitals such as the emergency department," she said.

Gov. Phil Murphy said the number of hospitalizations has remained fairly stable amid the second wave of the coronavirus even as some facilities are near or at capacity.

"That's the one thing that we cannot allow, to be overrun," Murphy said.

During his Monday news conference, Murphy said the number of hospitalizations has been in the range of 3,400 to 3,800 in recent weeks. While that's 10 times the August number, he noted that New Jersey peaked at 8,270 when the coronavirus first hit in the spring.

He also noted that the Garden State has had in the range of 600 intensive care unit beds being used while the peak was 2,080.

Murphy said New Jersey is working hard to prevent the issues facing Los Angeles County in California, or some other states, "where you've got literally people in beds in waiting rooms in the emergency room and being treated in that forum."

Murphy said the restrictions he's imposed on gathering limits, indoor dining and schools are helping to prevent New Jersey's hospitals from facing the same consequences.

As coronavirus cases and hospitalizations have risen in recent months, New Jersey health officials have also urged residents to stay home, wear masks and observe social distancing in order to curb the spread of the virus and keep patients out of rapidly filling hospitals.

"Thank God that is not happening here," he said. "But that's the one thing people ask us all the time: Are you reconsidering (reopening) this or reconsidering that? Those are the numbers that we cannot allow ourselves to get overrun by."

In its data release, the US Department of Health and Human Services notes that some hospitals might have additional capacity to treat COVID-19 patients, while others lack that capacity. Using this new data, the public will have access to hospital-specific COVID-19 numbers "to understand hyper-localized community impacts."

"This new level of transparency and increased access will accelerate COVID-19 insights and understanding," the department said.

Communities will be empowered to guide their decisions about building operations, closures, and openings, the department said. City and county officials who do not already have comprehensive access to this type of hospital-level data can now be informed by regional trends and individual hospital capacity.

Some have provided creative ways to get the data to the public. NPR, using analysis from the University of Minnesota's COVID-19 Hospitalization Tracking Project, also built a tool that shows hospital-by-hospital information. The numbers were updated through December. You can access the NPR tool here

Here are the hospitals and their percentage of inpatient beds occupied by COVID patients:

1. CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, TRENTON 38.02%
2. JFK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, EDISON 36.38%
3. BAYSHORE MEDICAL CENTER, HOLMDEL 35.45%
4. SOUTHERN OCEAN MEDICAL CENTER, MANAHAWKIN 34.49%
5. OCEAN MEDICAL CENTER, BRICK 33.02%
6. RARITAN BAY MEDICAL CENTER PERTH AMBOY DIVISION, PERTH AMBOY 32.94%
7. HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH, MOUNTAINSIDE MEDICAL, MONTCLAIR 31.33%
8. COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER, TOMS RIVER 30.46%
9. INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER VINELAND, VINELAND 30.23%
10. TRINITAS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, ELIZABETH 29.02%
11. HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, HACKENSACK 28.55%
12. CAPE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC, CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE 26.97%
13. CAREPOINT HEALTH-CHRIST HOSPITAL, JERSEY CITY 26.67%
14. CAREPOINT HEALTH - BAYONNE MEDICAL CENTER, BAYONNE 26.64%
15. JERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, NEPTUNE 26.31%
16. SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, NEW BRUNSWICK 25.52%
17. SHORE MEDICAL CENTER, SOMERS POINT 24.80%
18. HACKETTSTOWN MEDICAL CENTER, HACKETTSTOWN 24.51%
19. HOLY NAME MEDICAL CENTER, TEANECK 24.24%
20. ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOMERSET, SOMERVILLE 24.18%
21. ST JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, PATERSON 24.16%
22. PALISADES MEDICAL CENTER, NORTH BERGEN 24.06%
23. CHILTON MEDICAL CENTER, POMPTON PLAINS 23.80%
24. ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HAMILTON, HAMILTON 23.59%
25. CENTRASTATE MEDICAL CENTER, FREEHOLD 23.09%
26. ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AT RAHWAY, RAHWAY 22.72%
27. VIRTUA WEST JERSEY HOSPITALS VOORHEES, VOORHEES 22.61%
28. MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER-SOUTHERN CAMPUS, LAKEWOOD 22.06%
29. JEFFERSON STRATFORD HOSPITAL, STRATFORD 22.00%
30. RIVERVIEW MEDICAL CENTER, RED BANK 21.80%
31. PASCACK VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER, HACKENSACK MERIDIAN, WESTWOOD 21.67%
32. JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER, JERSEY CITY 21.66%
33. COLUMBUS HOSPITAL LTACH, NEWARK 20.51%
34. CLARA MAASS MEDICAL CENTER, BELLEVILLE 20.17%
35. ACUITY SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF NEW JERSEY, ATLANTIC CITY 20.00%
36. ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, NEW BRUNSWICK 19.46%
37. ATLANTICARE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - CITY CAMPUS, ATLANTIC CITY 18.90%
38. SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER, LIVINGSTON 18.24%
39. VIRTUA OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL, CAMDEN 18.18%
40. COOPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, CAMDEN 18.06%
41. SALEM MEDICAL CENTER, SALEM 17.70%
42. PENN MEDICINE PRINCETON MEDICAL CENTER, PLAINSBORO 17.49%
43. VALLEY HOSPITAL, RIDGEWOOD 16.29%
44. NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER, NEWARK 16.25%
45. CAREPOINT HEALTH-HOBOKEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, HOBOKEN 15.64%
46. VIRTUA WILLINGBORO HOSPITAL, WILLINGBORO 15.33%
47. INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER ELMER, ELMER 15.31%
48. NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER, NEWTON 15.15%
49. ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, ENGLEWOOD 14.48%
50. HUDSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL, SECAUCUS 14.30%
51. VIRTUA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF BURLINGTON COUNTY, MOUNT HOLLY 14.10%
52. SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER, NEWARK 14.03%
53. ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER, TRENTON 13.74%
54. ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL, PHILLIPSBURG 13.69%
55. SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS, DENVILLE 13.19%
56. MORRISTOWN MEDICAL CENTER, MORRISTOWN 13.02%
57. MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER, LONG BRANCH 12.47%
58. ACUITY SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, WILLINGBORO 12.46%
59. OVERLOOK MEDICAL CENTER, SUMMIT 12.34%
60. ST MARY'S GENERAL HOSPITAL, PASSAIC 12.10%
61. HUNTERDON MEDICAL CENTER, FLEMINGTON 11.19%
62. UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, NEWARK 9.48%
63. SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL JERSEY, LAKEWOOD 9.40%
64. DEBORAH HEART AND LUNG CENTER, BROWNS MILLS 5.67%
65. EAST ORANGE GENERAL HOSPITAL, EAST ORANGE 4.26%
66. BERGEN NEW BRIDGE MEDICAL CENTER, PARAMUS 0.00%
67. SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL NORTHEAST, ROCHELLE PARK 0.00%
68. MATHENY SCHOOL & HOSPITAL, THE, PEAPACK 0.00%

Here are the hospitals and their percentage of inpatient beds occupied by total patients:

1. MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER-SOUTHERN CAMPUS, LAKEWOOD 100.00%
2. MATHENY SCHOOL & HOSPITAL, THE, PEAPACK 100.00%
3. ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AT RAHWAY, RAHWAY 100.00%
4. COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER, TOMS RIVER 98.73%
5. HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH, MOUNTAINSIDE MEDICAL, MONTCLAIR 97.36%
6. HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, HACKENSACK 96.57%
7. RARITAN BAY MEDICAL CENTER PERTH AMBOY DIVISION, PERTH AMBOY 94.98%
8. SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, NEW BRUNSWICK 92.76%
9. JERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, NEPTUNE 91.81%
10. BAYSHORE MEDICAL CENTER, HOLMDEL 91.75%
11. CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, TRENTON 91.01%
12. OCEAN MEDICAL CENTER, BRICK 88.53%
13. PENN MEDICINE PRINCETON MEDICAL CENTER, PLAINSBORO 87.92%
14. CAREPOINT HEALTH - BAYONNE MEDICAL CENTER, BAYONNE 87.91%
15. COOPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, CAMDEN 87.33%
16. CAREPOINT HEALTH-CHRIST HOSPITAL, JERSEY CITY 87.33%
17. CAPE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC, CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE 87.27%
18. RIVERVIEW MEDICAL CENTER, RED BANK 86.72%
19. JFK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, EDISON 85.49%
20. SHORE MEDICAL CENTER, SOMERS POINT 84.61%
21. SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER, LIVINGSTON 84.14%
22. ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOMERSET, SOMERVILLE 83.51%
23. SALEM MEDICAL CENTER, SALEM 81.71%
24. TRINITAS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, ELIZABETH 80.27%
25. INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER VINELAND, VINELAND 80.15%
26. PASCACK VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER, HACKENSACK MERIDIAN, WESTWOOD 79.83%
27. ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER, TRENTON 78.99%
28. CHILTON MEDICAL CENTER, POMPTON PLAINS 77.84%
29. CENTRASTATE MEDICAL CENTER, FREEHOLD 77.83%
30. MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER, LONG BRANCH 77.03%
31. ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, NEW BRUNSWICK 76.38%
32. JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER, JERSEY CITY 76.33%
33. CAPITAL HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - HOPEWELL, PENNINGTON 75.65%
34. KINDRED HOSPITAL NEW JERSEY - MORRIS COUNTY, DOVER 75.40%
35. NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER, NEWARK 75.03%
36. SOUTHERN OCEAN MEDICAL CENTER, MANAHAWKIN 73.28%
37. HACKETTSTOWN MEDICAL CENTER, HACKETTSTOWN 70.61%
38. VALLEY HOSPITAL, RIDGEWOOD 69.25%
39. MORRISTOWN MEDICAL CENTER, MORRISTOWN 68.63%
40. UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, NEWARK 68.34%
41. PALISADES MEDICAL CENTER, NORTH BERGEN 67.59%
42. HOLY NAME MEDICAL CENTER, TEANECK 66.71%
43. COLUMBUS HOSPITAL LTACH, NEWARK 66.47%
44. NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER, NEWTON 66.11%
45. CLARA MAASS MEDICAL CENTER, BELLEVILLE 65.93%
46. ST JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, PATERSON 65.56%
47. VIRTUA OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL, CAMDEN 65.00%
48. HUNTERDON MEDICAL CENTER, FLEMINGTON 64.65%
49. ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, ENGLEWOOD 64.20%
50. ATLANTICARE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - CITY CAMPUS, ATLANTIC CITY 63.97%
51. VIRTUA WEST JERSEY HOSPITALS VOORHEES, VOORHEES 63.58%
52. ACUITY SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF NEW JERSEY, ATLANTIC CITY 63.00%
53. BERGEN NEW BRIDGE MEDICAL CENTER, PARAMUS 62.72%
54. JEFFERSON STRATFORD HOSPITAL, STRATFORD 61.59%
55. VIRTUA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF BURLINGTON COUNTY, MOUNT HOLLY 61.51%
56. ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HAMILTON, HAMILTON 61.24%
57. SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL JERSEY, LAKEWOOD 57.80%
58. VIRTUA WILLINGBORO HOSPITAL, WILLINGBORO 57.75%
59. ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL, PHILLIPSBURG 57.28%
60. OVERLOOK MEDICAL CENTER, SUMMIT 57.14%
61. CAREPOINT HEALTH-HOBOKEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, HOBOKEN 56.50%
62. HUDSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL, SECAUCUS 54.02%
63. DEBORAH HEART AND LUNG CENTER, BROWNS MILLS 50.58%
64. ACUITY SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, WILLINGBORO 49.28%
65. SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER, NEWARK 46.62%
66. SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS, DENVILLE 44.80%
67. ST MARY'S GENERAL HOSPITAL, PASSAIC 44.64%
68. EAST ORANGE GENERAL HOSPITAL, EAST ORANGE 41.14%
69. INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER ELMER, ELMER 36.77%
70. SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL NORTHEAST, ROCHELLE PARK 34.35%