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A significant percentage of (probably 2 - 20%) of the cases require hospitalization. As a point of reference, there are typically about 1000 free hospital beds
by marshray 7y ago
A significant percentage of (probably 2 - 20%) of the cases require hospitalization.
As a point of reference, there are typically about 1000 free hospital beds[1] in the state of Kansas, for a population of 2.9M.
http://www.kdheks.gov/cphp/download/KS_PF_Plan.pdf http://www.kdheks.gov/cphp/download/KS_PF_Plan.pdf page 22
- djannzjkzxn 7y agoThese rates are taking the number of confirmed cases and dividing by the number of hospitalizations. The problem is that minor cases usually don’t get detected so they don’t get included in the denominator. A single confirmed case might correspond to a thousand infections. It’s too early to know.
- runjake 7y agoThanks for the elaborations! Very informative.