Dire data on hospital beds in NYC and LI

81% full as virus surges

The number of available hospital beds is dwindling as a second surge of the coronavirus grips the New York City region, new state data show.

The percentage of beds available in both New York City and Long Island is below 20 percent, according to the findings released Tuesday.

In the city, 81 percent of hospital beds are full, with 19 percent open.

In Nassau and Suffolk counties, 82 percent of beds are occupied and 18 percent vacant.

Meanwhile, three-quarters of the critical intensive-care beds are filled in the city and Long Island while just 25 percent are available, according to the breakdowns released for the first time this week by Gov. Cuomo.

The statewide COVID-19 infection rate is 5.7 percent.

Unlike in the spring, when the New York City region was the epicenter of the COVID-19, other parts of the state are also now grappling with the virus — including the Finger Lakes, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and the Mid-Hudson Valley.

The coronavirus infection rate in the city is 4.13 percent, lower than virtually all other state regions. But on Long Island, the infection rate is 5.68 percent.

The state Health Department reported that the daily number of hospitalized patients increased by 233 on Monday to 4,835.

There were 906 patients in ICU beds on Monday, an increase of 34.

The number of patients intubated or on breathing machines increased by 16 to 493.

“As we continue to see the number of COVID cases rise in New York and across the nation, it’s critical that we not only remain tough and practice safe behaviors to limit viral spread, but that we also do everything in our power to ensure hospitals are prepared to handle a growing number of patients,” Cuomo said in a statement Tuesday.

Seventy-four people died of COVID-19 in the state on Monday, a number that has crept up in recent weeks.