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Hospital Capacity In Ankeny Area: See The Latest

Here's how the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has affected hospital capacity in Polk County and across IA.

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ANKENY, IA — 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 Iowa reported to the federal government Feb. 1 that approximately 5,843 percent of inpatient beds and 6,261 percent of intensive care unit beds in hospitals across the state were occupied. Around 310 percent of inpatient beds and 6,261 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 Polk 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 Polk County.

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BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER
1801 HICKMAN ROAD, DES MOINES

  • All adult inpatient beds: 104
  • Inpatient beds occupied: 78.4
  • Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
  • Percent of inpatient beds used: 75.38%
  • Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
  • All adult ICU beds: 6
  • ICU beds occupied: N/A
  • ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
  • Percent of ICU beds used: N/A
  • Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A

MERCYONE DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER
1111 6TH AVE, DES MOINES

  • All adult inpatient beds: 818.3
  • Inpatient beds occupied: 388.7
  • Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 22.9
  • Percent of inpatient beds used: 47.50%
  • Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 2.80%
  • All adult ICU beds: 56.1
  • ICU beds occupied: 52.1
  • ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 4.4
  • Percent of ICU beds used: 92.87%
  • Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 7.84%

SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL - DES MOINES
1111 6TH AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR MAIN, DES MOINES

  • All adult inpatient beds: 30
  • Inpatient beds occupied: 24
  • Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0
  • Percent of inpatient beds used: 80.00%
  • Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0.00%
  • All adult ICU beds: 30
  • ICU beds occupied: 24
  • ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0
  • Percent of ICU beds used: 80.00%
  • Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 0.00%

UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI
1200 PLEASANT STREET, DES MOINES

  • All adult inpatient beds: 438
  • Inpatient beds occupied: 388.3
  • Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 20.3
  • Percent of inpatient beds used: 88.65%
  • Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 4.63%
  • All adult ICU beds: 42
  • ICU beds occupied: 30.1
  • ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A
  • Percent of ICU beds used: 71.67%
  • Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: N/A

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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