Tufts Medical Center reports no COVID-19 patients in ICU for first time since March 2020
For the first time since the dawn of the pandemic, one Boston-area hospital said Thursday it has no COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit. Tufts Medical Center first admitted a COVID-19 patient to the ICU on Mar. 23, 2020 — 731 days ago.As of Thursday morning, a Tufts spokesperson said the hospital was caring for nine COVID-19 patients but none were in the ICU. Statewide, the Department of Public Health reports that 80% of all available ICU beds are occupied. In Boston, 86% of all ICU beds are occupied. DPH does not provide details on how many of the ICU and regular hospital beds are occupied by COVID-19 cases. MASSACHUSETTS CORONAVIRUS CASES
For the first time since the dawn of the pandemic, one Boston-area hospital said Thursday it has no COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit.
Tufts Medical Center first admitted a COVID-19 patient to the ICU on Mar. 23, 2020 — 731 days ago.
As of Thursday morning, a Tufts spokesperson said the hospital was caring for nine COVID-19 patients but none were in the ICU.
Statewide, the Department of Public Health reports that 80% of all available ICU beds are occupied. In Boston, 86% of all ICU beds are occupied. DPH does not provide details on how many of the ICU and regular hospital beds are occupied by COVID-19 cases.
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