Coronavirus: How Full Are Napa Valley Hospitals?

NAPA VALLEY, CA —Hospitals in the Napa Valley are getting closer to 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 Napa County hospital capacity rates and their number of daily COVID-19 patients based on a seven-day average:

• Queen of the Valley Medical Center — 49 percent full, treating an average of 12 COVID-19 patients
• Adventist Health St. Helena — 68 percent full, * no data available for average number of COVID-19 patients treated

*No data may indicate a sample size of fewer than four patients or hospitals that did not report statistics to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Combined, Napa County hospitals are 59 percent full, according to the NPR tool.

According to information provided by the county, there were 136 new coronavirus cases reported Tuesday in Napa County, bringing the county's cumulative total to 4,383, including 24 deaths.

The number of active cases Tuesday in Napa County was 2,469, with 24 patients currently hospitalized.

You can find more information on the NPR website as well as the County of Napa's website.