BEAUMONT, Texas — Hospitals have been tight-lipped when it comes to how many COVID-19 patients need critical care.
12News has been pressing officials for those numbers, and on Wednesday, we got a better idea.
The Southeast Texas Regional Advisory Council is keeping track of how many COVID-19 patients are in one of our three major hospitals and what kind of care they need.
They shared those numbers on Wednesday. A total of 26 patients are in the hospital with COVID-19. Fourteen of them are in the ICU.
Twelve of them are in general isolation rooms. The website says Jefferson County has a total of 86 operational ICU beds.
There are 10 people in the hospital who have a 'suspected case' of the coronavirus.
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Of those patients, four are in the ICU. On Wednesday, a total of 36 ventilators are in use. The ICU saw the most patients on April 8 with 17 patients. 12News plans to continue to keep tabs on these numbers.
