Latest: Hospital Capacity In Washington Heights-Inwood Area

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS-INWOOD, NY — Health experts are concerned that skyrocketing coronavirus case counts could put extreme stress on hospitals in the coming weeks.

About 77 percent of all inpatient hospital beds were occupied as of Dec. 30, and about 12 percent of all beds were occupied by patients with COVID-19, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Intensive care unit beds are also filling up, with nearly 78 percent occupied nationally. About 22 percent of ICU beds are occupied by COVID-19 patients.

State health officials in New York reported to the federal government Dec. 29 that approximately 77 percent of inpatient beds and 73 percent of intensive care unit beds in hospitals across the state were occupied. Around 17 percent of inpatient beds and 22 percent of ICU beds statewide were filled by COVID-19 patients, they reported.

Preliminary evidence suggests the omicron coronavirus variant is less severe than the delta variant, but, it is much more contagious, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to the White House.

“We've got to be careful that we don't get complacent about that, because it might still lead to a lot of hospitalizations in the United States,” Fauci said during an interview with ABC.

Prior to wide vaccination, coronavirus cases typically were followed by hospitalizations and deaths, Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University School of Public Health, said in the same interview with ABC. Now, hospitalizations and deaths are uncommon among those vaccinated. So now it's more important to track the number of infections occurring in unvaccinated people.

The latest hospitalization numbers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Manhattan, included below, are from Dec. 17-23, 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 Manhattan.

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NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
525 EAST 68TH STREET, NEW YORK

• All adult inpatient beds: 2330
• Inpatient beds occupied: 1998.7
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 222.7
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 85.78%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 9.56%
• All adult ICU beds: 283
• ICU beds occupied: 241.9
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 29.7
• Percent of ICU beds used: 85.48%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 10.49%

NYU LANGONE HOSPITALS
550 FIRST AVENUE, NEW YORK

• All adult inpatient beds: 1640
• Inpatient beds occupied: 1273.7
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 91.3
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 77.66%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 5.57%
• All adult ICU beds: 239
• ICU beds occupied: 186.4
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 17.1
• Percent of ICU beds used: 77.99%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 7.15%

MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL
ONE GUSTAVE L LEVY PLACE, NEW YORK

• All adult inpatient beds: 1235
• Inpatient beds occupied: 953.1
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 187.1
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 77.17%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 15.15%
• All adult ICU beds: 128
• ICU beds occupied: 104.3
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 20.1
• Percent of ICU beds used: 81.48%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 15.70%

BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER
462 FIRST AVENUE, NEW YORK

• All adult inpatient beds: 718.6
• Inpatient beds occupied: 599
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 41.1
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 83.36%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 5.72%
• All adult ICU beds: 90.6
• ICU beds occupied: 83.1
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 13.4
• Percent of ICU beds used: 91.72%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 14.79%

MOUNT SINAI WEST
1000 TENTH AVENUE, NEW YORK

• All adult inpatient beds: 689.9
• Inpatient beds occupied: 575.6
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 75.4
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 83.43%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 10.93%
• All adult ICU beds: 59.1
• ICU beds occupied: 56.9
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 8
• Percent of ICU beds used: 96.28%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 13.54%

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR CANCER AND ALLIED DISEASES
1275 YORK AVENUE, NEW YORK

• All adult inpatient beds: 476
• Inpatient beds occupied: 432.1
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 24.4
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 90.78%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 5.13%
• All adult ICU beds: 20
• ICU beds occupied: 19.9
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• Percent of ICU beds used: 99.50%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A

LENOX HILL HOSPITAL
100 EAST 77TH STREET, NEW YORK

• All adult inpatient beds: 390
• Inpatient beds occupied: 328.4
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 44
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 84.21%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 11.28%
• All adult ICU beds: 56
• ICU beds occupied: 35
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 4
• Percent of ICU beds used: 62.50%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 7.14%

MOUNT SINAI BETH ISRAEL
FIRST AVENUE AT 16TH STREET, NEW YORK

• All adult inpatient beds: 390
• Inpatient beds occupied: 304.1
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 56.6
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 77.97%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 14.51%
• All adult ICU beds: 43.7
• ICU beds occupied: 38.7
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 7.1
• Percent of ICU beds used: 88.56%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 16.25%

HENRY J CARTER SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
1752 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK

• All adult inpatient beds: 201
• Inpatient beds occupied: 128.4
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 63.88%
• 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

HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER
506 LENOX AVENUE, NEW YORK

• All adult inpatient beds: 197.5
• Inpatient beds occupied: 143.8
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 10.3
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 72.81%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 5.22%
• All adult ICU beds: 23
• ICU beds occupied: 14.2
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• Percent of ICU beds used: 61.74%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A

HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY
535 EAST 70TH STREET, NEW YORK

• All adult inpatient beds: 172
• Inpatient beds occupied: 103.4
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 60.12%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• All adult ICU beds: 4
• 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%

METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER
1901 FIRST AVENUE, NEW YORK

• All adult inpatient beds: 129
• Inpatient beds occupied: 122
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 6.5
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 94.57%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 5.04%
• All adult ICU beds: 9
• ICU beds occupied: 8.2
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• Percent of ICU beds used: 91.11%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A

TERENCE CARDINAL COOKE HEALTH CARE CENTER
1249 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK

• All adult inpatient beds: 57
• Inpatient beds occupied: 57
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 100.00%
• 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 content@patch.com.