WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Palm Beach County has issued an Emergency Directive that requires hospitals to report the county daily statistics of COVID-19.
The initiative comes as the number of COVID-19 cases increases and hospital occupancy rates in the county also continue to rise due to the highly contagious Delta variant.
Hospitals will now have to report key indicators as:
- Total staffed hospital beds
- Current staffed inventory Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds for adults and children
- Number of unused beds that can be converted to ICU beds
- Number of ventilators in hospital inventory
- Total census for all beds
- Number of ventilators in use for all patients
- Total COVID-19 positive patients currently admitted
- Total COVID-19 positive patients in ICU beds
- Total COVID-19 positive patients on a ventilator
- COVID-19 positive patients admitted since the prior day's reporting
- COVID-19 positive patients discharged since the prior day's reporting
- Total COVID-19 positive transfers in
- Total COVID-19 positive transfers out and, if available, the number of COVID-19 positive patients admitted who were fully vaccinated (two weeks post final dose)
- The number of COVID-19 positive patients admitted who were unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated (not yet two weeks post final dose) and current status of whether the hospital is conducting elective surgeries.
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The Emergency Directive takes effect on Monday, Aug. 23, and remains in force until terminated or modified.
For more information on COVID-19, visit the Palm Beach County COVID-19 website or contact the Department of Health COVID-19 Call Center, available 24/7, at 1-866- 779-6121 or email COVID-19@flhealth.gov.
