Are Sacramento-area hospitals near capacity as omicron cases rise? See our interactive map
As the COVID-19 omicron variant takes hold of the Sacramento region, hospital data show many local health care centers are filling up.
Sacramento County reached a total of 464 COVID-19 hospitalizations as of Wednesday, an increase of 38 in one day, according to the California Department of Public Health.
As of Wednesday, the county had 89 ICU cases, according to its COVID dashboard.
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Here are the hospital bed occupancy percentages at Sacramento County hospitals, according to HHS, last updated on Jan. 11:
California bed occupancy
California had more than 12,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations on Wednesday, an increase of 502 in one day.
While the number of ICU patients hit 1,903, leaving 1,517 ICU beds available — 84 fewer than Tuesday.
Here are the hospital bed occupancy percentages in hospitals within California, according to data from HHS. Data was last collected on Jan. 11:
COVID-19 data
Sacramento County has a positivity rate of 24.5%, a more than 5% increase from last week, according to the state’s COVID-19 data site.
While the positivity rate in California is 23.1%, a more than a 1% increase from last week — it’s still lower than Sacramento County’s rate.
As of Wednesday, Sacramento County confirmed a total of more than 200,000 COVID-19 cases and roughly 2,400 deaths since the pandemic began.
The state currently has a daily average of more than 69,000 cases and 47 deaths.
Unvaccinated people are more likely to be hospitalized from COVID-19.
Between Dec. 20 and Dec. 26, unvaccinated people were eight times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than fully vaccinated people.
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This story was originally published January 12, 2022 at 11:10 AM.
CORRECTION: Unvaccinated people are eight times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than vaccinated people, according to the most recent available data.