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Hospital Capacity In East Atlanta Area: See The Latest

Updated federal data shows how the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has affected hospitals in DeKalb County.

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EAST ATLANTA, GA — COVID-19 hospitalizations continued to decline nationally, but the country still needs time to get back to pre-omicron variant hospital occupancy levels.

Around 128,500 inpatient beds were being used for COVID-19 patients as of Feb. 1, which was a drop of more than 20,000 beds from the prior week, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

State health officials in Georgia reported to the federal government Feb. 1 that approximately 8,071 percent of inpatient beds and 8,422 percent of intensive care unit beds in hospitals across the state were occupied. Around 1,449 percent of inpatient beds and 8,422 percent of ICU beds statewide were filled by COVID-19 patients, they reported.

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The latest hospitalization numbers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for DeKalb County, included below, are from Jan. 21-27 and represent a rolling seven-day average. Note that the figures for occupied hospital beds sometimes exceed 100 percent; this is because more than one patient sometimes occupies a bed over the course of a week.

Below are the latest figures for hospitals in DeKalb County.

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EMORY DECATUR HOSPITAL
2701 N DECATUR ROAD, DECATUR

  • All adult inpatient beds: 309
  • Inpatient beds occupied: 242.3
  • Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 47
  • Percent of inpatient beds used: 78.41%
  • Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 15.21%
  • All adult ICU beds: 62
  • ICU beds occupied: 34.7
  • ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 17.4
  • Percent of ICU beds used: 55.97%
  • Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 28.06%

EMORY HILLANDALE HOSPITAL
2801 DEKALB MEDICAL PARKWAY, LITHONIA

  • All adult inpatient beds: 114
  • Inpatient beds occupied: 76.4
  • Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 17.9
  • Percent of inpatient beds used: 67.02%
  • Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 15.70%
  • All adult ICU beds: 8
  • ICU beds occupied: 6.4
  • ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
  • Percent of ICU beds used: 80.00%
  • Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A

EMORY LONG TERM ACUTE CARE
450 NORTH CANDLER STREET, DECATUR

  • All adult inpatient beds: 50
  • Inpatient beds occupied: 46.1
  • Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
  • Percent of inpatient beds used: 92.20%
  • Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
  • All adult ICU beds: 10
  • ICU beds occupied: 6.6
  • ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0
  • Percent of ICU beds used: 66.00%
  • Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0.00%

EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
1364 CLIFTON ROAD, NE, ATLANTA

  • All adult inpatient beds: 732
  • Inpatient beds occupied: 602.1
  • Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 50.4
  • Percent of inpatient beds used: 82.25%
  • Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 6.89%
  • All adult ICU beds: 152
  • ICU beds occupied: 136.7
  • ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 18.3
  • Percent of ICU beds used: 89.93%
  • Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 12.04%

Editor’s note: This list was automatically generated using data compiled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The local hospitals included in the list are limited to those included in the government data, and the numbers reported by these hospitals to HHS have not been independently verified by Patch. Please report any errors or other feedback to us.

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