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Coronavirus: How Full Are Stillwater-Area Hospitals?

There is now public data showing how close your local hospital is to being at or over capacity.

STILLWATER, MN — Hospitals in the Stillwater area are almost at capacity due to the ongoing surge in coronavirus cases in Minnesota and around the country. State health officials warn that once all hospital beds are occupied, patients may be turned away.

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.

Users can also lookup county and statewide hospitalization rates, in addition to info on their local hospital:

Find out what's happening in Stillwaterfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • In Dakota County, hospitals are 66 percent full
  • In Ramsey County, hospitals are 94 percent full
  • In Hennepin County, hospitals are 92 percent full
  • In Washington County, hospitals are 85 percent full

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

Healtheast St. John's Hospital (Maplewood) — 97 percent full, treating an average of 62 COVID-19 patients

Regions Hospital (Saint Paul) — 97 percent full, treating an average of 93 COVID-19 patients

Find out what's happening in Stillwaterfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

St. Joseph's Hospital (Saint Paul) — 94 percent full, treating an average of 89 COVID-19 patients

United Hospital (Saint Paul) — 89 percent full, treating an average of 77 COVID-19 patients

Fairview Ridges Hospital (Burnsville) — 96 percent full, treating an average of 68 COVID-19 patients

Regina Hospital (Hastings) — 77 percent full, treating an average of 5 COVID-19 patients

Northfield Hospital — 27 percent full, treating an average of 5 COVID-19 patients

Healtheast Woodwinds (Woodbury) — 95 percent full, treating an average of 23 COVID-19 patients

Lakeview Memorial Hospital (Stillwater) — 75 percent full, treating an average of 16 COVID-19 patients

Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Minneapolis) — 94 percent full, treating an average of 120 COVID-19 patients

Fairview Southdale Hospital (Edina) — 93 percent full, treating an average of 68 COVID-19 patients

Hennepin County Medical Center (Minneapolis) — 95 percent full, treating an average of 62 COVID-19 patients

Maple Grove Hospital — 78 percent full, treating an average of 17 COVID-19 patients

North Memorial Health (Robbinsdale) — 91 percent full, treating an average of 71 COVID-19 patients

Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital — 96 percent full, treating an average of 84 COVID-19 patients

University of Minnesota Medical Center — 93 percent full, treating an average of 78 COVID-19 patients

Look up more information on the NPR website.

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