NC Hits Hospitalizations High for Second Time This Week

Portable hospital bed in hallway

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina hit yet another data milestone Wednesday, with an all-time high in hospitalizations. The development comes just two days after hospitalizations marked their previous high and four days after the largest one-day increase in coronavirus cases.

Hospitalizations are up to 702, which is a spike of 81 from Tuesday.

According to North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, a check of statewide hospital resources shows, with 92 percent of hospitals reporting, there are 29% of inpatient beds left, or about 5,546; 22% of ICU beds are open, or 710; and there are 76% of ventilators left, or around 2,513.

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