Coronavirus: How Full Are El Cerrito-Area Hospitals?

EL CERRITO, CA —Hospitals in the El Cerrito area are nearing capacity due to the ongoing surge in coronavirus cases in California and around the country. State health officials warn that once all hospital beds are occupied, patients may be turned away.

For weeks, Gov. Gavin Newsom and California health officials have warned residents of the risk of local hospitals becoming overwhelmed as case counts continue to rise, even as vaccine distribution is now in sight.

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Residents can now look up exactly how full their local hospital is. Based on research and data compiled by the University of Minnesota, National Public Radio created a "look-up" tool showing which hospitals are “dangerously full.”

“The ratio of COVID-19 hospitalizations to total beds gives a picture of how much strain a hospital is under,” NPR reported. “Though there's not a clear threshold, it's concerning when that rate rises above 10%, hospital capacity experts told NPR.”

Users can also look up county and statewide hospitalization rates, in addition to info on their local hospital.

Below are Contra Costa County hospital capacity rates and their number of daily COVID-19 patients based on a seven-day average:

• Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, Martinez — 93 percent full, treating an average of 15 COVID-19 patients
• John Muir Medical Center, Concord Campus — 81 percent full, treating an average of 30 COVID-19 patients
• John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek Campus — 81 percent full, treating an average of 26 COVID-19 patients
• Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Antioch — 91 percent full, treating an average of 26 COVID-19 patients
• Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Walnut Creek — 91 percent full, treating an average of 26 COVID-19 patients
• San Ramon Regional Medical Center, San Ramon — 72 percent full, treating an average of 7 COVID-19 patients
• Sutter Delta Medical Center, Antioch — 76 percent full, treating an average of 19 COVID-19 patients

Contra Costa County hospitals combined are 83 percent full, treating an average of 149 COVID-19 patients.

Tuesday morning, there were 185 people hospitalized for coronavirus in Contra Costa County.

There were 834 new coronavirus cases reported Tuesday in the county, bringing Contra Costa's cumulative total to 31,516, including 279 deaths.

El Cerrito has had 59 new cases reported over the last two weeks for a cumulative case total of 287 since the onset of the pandemic.

You can find more information on the NPR website as well as the County of Contra Costa's coronavirus dashboard.