Coronavirus: How Full Are Petaluma-Area Hospitals?

PETALUMA, CA —Hospitals in the Petaluma 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 Sonoma County hospital capacity rates and their number of daily COVID-19 patients based on a seven-day average:

• Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Santa Rosa — 91 percent full, treating an average of 24 COVID-19 patients
• Healdsburg District Hospital — 61 percent full, *no data available for average number of COVID-19 patients treated
• Petaluma Valley Hospital — 79 percent full, *no data available for average number of COVID-19 patients treated
• Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital — 91 percent full, treating an average of 14 COVID-19 patients
• Sonoma Valley Hospital — 74 percent full, treating an average of 4 COVID-19 patients
• Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital — 98 percent full, treating an average of 12 COVID-19 patients

*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.

Sonoma County hospitals are a combined 82 percent full, treating an average of 54 COVID-19 patients countywide.

The number of active cases Monday in Sonoma County was 3,345, including 154 cases reported within the prior 24 hours.

Late Monday, the county's cumulative case total was 14,859, including 164 deaths.

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