July 15, 2020
By: Staff Report
TAMPA, Fla. – According to the Agency for Health Care Administration hospital database, as of Wednesday at 5:04 PM, in Hillsborough County, there are 3,334 total hospital beds in Hillsborough County, with 644 total beds available. On Tuesday, only 617 beds were available in the county.
The Agency for Health Care Administration hospital database breaks down ICU Bed availability and for the county and is reporting 9.38% for adult ICU beds available or a total number of 35. The available ICU beds are up from Tuesday from only 28 ICU beds available.
Of those hospitalizations, the database is reporting that 255 of those hospitalizations are from a primary diagnosis of COVID-19. This number has trended down from yesterday which was at 293.
We will update the hospitalization capacity rates for beds and ICU beds as the data changes.
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