In the worst-case modeling, the St. Louis region would need 1,500 hospital beds, including 360 beds in the ICU, according to the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force. Capacity in the region is 5,500 beds overall, and 1,000 beds in the ICU. Modeling using data available on April 10 suggests the highest demand for ICU beds will peak at 200 between April 21-24. Total hospitalizations are expected to peak in the range of 600-700 patients per day around April 25. However, current ventilator use already exceeds the “most likely” peak projection from April 10.
Projections use modeling from April 10. The numbers are for the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area.