Maps: Track how full ICUs are with Covid patients across the U.S.

Track hospital ICU stress brought on by Covid patients in this map updated daily with Department of Health and Human Services data.

In Arkansas, Covid patients are now almost half of the state’s adult intensive care unit beds, the highest rate in the nation.

In Mississippi, 42 percent of adult ICU beds are filled with Covid patients, up from 20 percent four weeks ago.

These are just two states where the share of Covid patients in ICUs are growing. As of Friday Feb. 4, 14 states have devoted more than one-third of of their ICU beds to Covid patients, according to an NBC News analysis of data from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Hospital ICU stress, a measure designed to help hospitals plan and manage their surge capacity, was a concept introduced by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington School of Medicine. The scale is based on the share of ICU hospital beds used by Covid patients. Low-stress hospitals have less than 10 percent of critical care beds occupied by Covid patients; high-stress hospitals have 30 to 59 percent.

These maps show hospital ICU stress levels among adults and track how they have changed over time. They will be updated daily.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hospital-icu-stress-level-tracker-n1287375

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