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Updated federal data shows how many hospital beds are currently filled in Queens.

FOREST HILLS, NY — 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 New York reported to the federal government Feb. 1 that approximately 7,253 percent of inpatient beds and 6,627 percent of intensive care unit beds in hospitals across the state were occupied. Around 1,423 percent of inpatient beds and 6,627 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 Queens, 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 Queens.
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ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER
79-01 BROADWAY, ELMHURST
- All adult inpatient beds: 431.1
- Inpatient beds occupied: 297.6
- Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 81.7
- Percent of inpatient beds used: 69.03%
- Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 18.95%
- All adult ICU beds: 49
- ICU beds occupied: 35.9
- ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 19.6
- Percent of ICU beds used: 73.27%
- Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 40.00%
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
45TH AVENUE AND PARSONS BOULEVARD, FLUSHING
- All adult inpatient beds: 168
- Inpatient beds occupied: 157.3
- Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 63.6
- Percent of inpatient beds used: 93.63%
- Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 37.86%
- All adult ICU beds: 22
- ICU beds occupied: 17.7
- ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 19.3
- Percent of ICU beds used: 80.45%
- Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 87.73%
JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
89TH AVENUE AND VAN WYCK EXPRESSWAY, JAMAICA
- All adult inpatient beds: 288
- Inpatient beds occupied: 250.1
- Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 104.7
- Percent of inpatient beds used: 86.84%
- Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 36.35%
- All adult ICU beds: 44
- ICU beds occupied: 39.3
- ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 29.1
- Percent of ICU beds used: 89.32%
- Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 66.14%
LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER
270 - 05 76TH AVENUE, NEW HYDE PARK
- All adult inpatient beds: 1376
- Inpatient beds occupied: 1152.2
- Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 351.2
- Percent of inpatient beds used: 83.74%
- Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 25.52%
- All adult ICU beds: 119
- ICU beds occupied: 76.3
- ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 74.2
- Percent of ICU beds used: 64.12%
- Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 62.35%
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN/QUEENS
56-45 MAIN STREET, FLUSHING
- All adult inpatient beds: 665
- Inpatient beds occupied: 487.3
- Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 178.3
- Percent of inpatient beds used: 73.28%
- Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 26.81%
- All adult ICU beds: 99
- ICU beds occupied: 43.4
- ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 19.3
- Percent of ICU beds used: 43.84%
- Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 19.49%
QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER
82-68 164TH STREET, JAMAICA
- All adult inpatient beds: 264.7
- Inpatient beds occupied: 169.1
- Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 46.7
- Percent of inpatient beds used: 63.88%
- Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 17.64%
- All adult ICU beds: 23
- ICU beds occupied: 18.9
- ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 7.4
- Percent of ICU beds used: 82.17%
- Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 32.17%
ST JOHN'S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL AT SOUTH SHORE
327 BEACH 19TH STREET, FAR ROCKAWAY
- All adult inpatient beds: 192.6
- Inpatient beds occupied: 181.1
- Inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 42.6
- Percent of inpatient beds used: 94.03%
- Percent of inpatient beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 22.12%
- All adult ICU beds: 23.9
- ICU beds occupied: 23.7
- ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 6.6
- Percent of ICU beds used: 99.16%
- Percent of ICU beds used by confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients: 27.62%
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.