COVID-19 Surge Has Arizona Hospitals, ICUs at Record Capacity

A recent spike in recorded COVID-19 cases now has Arizona hospitals meeting or exceeding the number of hospitalizations that they had seen during the pandemic’s initial peak earlier in the year, with 92% of intensive care beds (ICU) and 90% of total hospital beds filled. This surge in hospitalizations has left the state with less hospital space than at any point so far during the COVID-19 pandemic. As new data comes in, it seems as though Arizona, and indeed the rest of the country, is in the midst of a new and unprecedented viral surge.

According to data published by the Arizona Department of Health Services, only 143 ICU beds are empty across the state, or about 8% of the total. More than two in five ICU beds are being used by COVID-19 patients, the highest since July 1, when cases were surging across Arizona and the country and only 11% of the state’s ICU inventory was available.

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