Coronavirus Patients Straining Allegheny County Hospitals
Reply (Shutterstock / sasirin pamai) ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA — An average of more than one out of every five hospital beds in Allegheny County is occupied by a coronavirus patient, a data tool that tracks that number indicates. That's putting a strain on many of the medical facilities, according to hospital capacity experts. In Allegheny County, the problem currently is most acute at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison. Ninety-two percent of its beds are occupied, with 50 percent of the patients being treated for coronavirus. Hospitals in the county on average are 81 percent full at the mome...