Latest: Check Hospital Capacity In Bellevue Area

BELLEVUE, WA — 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 Washington reported to the federal government Dec. 22 that approximately 83 percent of inpatient beds and 78 percent of intensive care unit beds in hospitals across the state were occupied. Around 8 percent of inpatient beds and 16 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 King 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 King County.

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EVERGREENHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER
12040 NE 128TH STREET, KIRKLAND

• All adult inpatient beds: 230.9
• Inpatient beds occupied: 224.7
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 23.4
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 97.31%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 10.13%
• All adult ICU beds: 19.4
• ICU beds occupied: 18
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 7.6
• Percent of ICU beds used: 92.78%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 39.18%

HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER
325 9TH AVENUE, SEATTLE

• All adult inpatient beds: 371.9
• Inpatient beds occupied: 366
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 4.3
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 98.41%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 1.16%
• All adult ICU beds: 89
• ICU beds occupied: 81.7
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• Percent of ICU beds used: 91.80%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A

KAISER PERMANENTE CENTRAL HOSPITAL
201 - 16TH AVENUE EAST, SEATTLE

• All adult inpatient beds: 18
• Inpatient beds occupied: 12.4
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 68.89%
• 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

KINDRED HOSPITAL-SEATTLE
1334 TERRY AVE, SEATTLE

• All adult inpatient beds: 49.4
• Inpatient beds occupied: 44.4
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 89.88%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0.00%
• All adult ICU beds: 6
• ICU beds occupied: 5
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0
• Percent of ICU beds used: 83.33%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0.00%

MULTICARE AUBURN MEDICAL CENTER
202 NORTH DIVISION STREET PLAZA ONE, AUBURN

• All adult inpatient beds: 137.9
• Inpatient beds occupied: 106.7
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 27.4
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 77.37%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 19.87%
• All adult ICU beds: 16
• ICU beds occupied: 15.4
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 5.6
• Percent of ICU beds used: 96.25%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 35.00%

MULTICARE COVINGTON MEDICAL CENTER
17700 SE 272ND ST, COVINGTON

• All adult inpatient beds: 43
• Inpatient beds occupied: 30.1
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 5.7
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 70.00%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 13.26%
• 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

OVERLAKE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
1035-116TH AVE NE, BELLEVUE

• All adult inpatient beds: 253.7
• Inpatient beds occupied: 239.3
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 31.6
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 94.32%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 12.46%
• All adult ICU beds: 28
• ICU beds occupied: 26
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• Percent of ICU beds used: 92.86%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A

SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE
825 EASTLAKE AVENUE EAST, SEATTLE

• All adult inpatient beds: 20
• Inpatient beds occupied: 18.3
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 91.50%
• 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

SNOQUALMIE VALLEY HOSPITAL
9801 FRONTIER AVE SE, SNOQUALMIE

• All adult inpatient beds: 26
• Inpatient beds occupied: 22.6
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 86.92%
• 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

ST ANNE HOSPITAL
16251 SYLVESTER ROAD SW, BURIEN

• All adult inpatient beds: 140
• Inpatient beds occupied: 110.3
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 8.4
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 78.79%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 6.00%
• All adult ICU beds: 31
• ICU beds occupied: 7.7
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• Percent of ICU beds used: 24.84%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A

ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL
1450 BATTERSBY AVENUE, ENUMCLAW

• All adult inpatient beds: 33
• Inpatient beds occupied: 18.1
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 54.85%
• 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: N/A
• Percent of ICU beds used: N/A
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A

ST FRANCIS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
34515 9TH AVENUE SOUTH, FEDERAL WAY

• All adult inpatient beds: 122
• Inpatient beds occupied: 105.6
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 17
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 86.56%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 13.93%
• All adult ICU beds: 15.3
• ICU beds occupied: 14.1
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 5.4
• Percent of ICU beds used: 92.16%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 35.29%

SWEDISH ISSAQUAH
751 NE BLAKELY DR, ISSAQUAH

• All adult inpatient beds: 94.9
• Inpatient beds occupied: 82.7
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 4.6
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 87.14%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 4.85%
• All adult ICU beds: 30
• ICU beds occupied: 4.4
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• Percent of ICU beds used: 14.67%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A

SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER
747 BROADWAY, SEATTLE

• All adult inpatient beds: 465.3
• Inpatient beds occupied: 400.1
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 8.7
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 85.99%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 1.87%
• All adult ICU beds: 26.4
• ICU beds occupied: 19.1
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• Percent of ICU beds used: 72.35%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A

SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER / CHERRY HILL
500 17TH AVENUE, SEATTLE

• All adult inpatient beds: 170
• Inpatient beds occupied: 168.1
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 98.88%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• All adult ICU beds: 42.1
• ICU beds occupied: 26.4
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• Percent of ICU beds used: 62.71%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR
1959 NE PACIFIC ST BOX 356151, SEATTLE

• All adult inpatient beds: 596.3
• Inpatient beds occupied: 571.9
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 7
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 95.91%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 1.17%
• All adult ICU beds: 94
• ICU beds occupied: 12.9
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• Percent of ICU beds used: 13.72%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A

VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
400 S 43RD ST, RENTON

• All adult inpatient beds: 278
• Inpatient beds occupied: 231.4
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 17
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 83.24%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 6.12%
• All adult ICU beds: 30
• ICU beds occupied: 23.1
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 7.3
• Percent of ICU beds used: 77.00%
• Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 24.33%

VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER
925 SENECA ST, SEATTLE

• All adult inpatient beds: 233.1
• Inpatient beds occupied: 217.3
• Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 7.1
• Percent of inpatient beds used: 93.22%
• Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 3.05%
• All adult ICU beds: 28
• ICU beds occupied: 20.3
• ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
• Percent of ICU beds used: 72.50%
• 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.