HOSPITAL NUMBERS

There were no available intensive care unit beds for COVID-19 patients across four Oklahoma City health systems on Monday, according to capacity figures they reported amid a wave of COVID-19 cases in the state.

Integris Health, Mercy, OU Health and SSM Health St. Anthony began reporting their own capacity data in August, which they said was an effort to be transparent about the impact of the surge on their hospitals.

The reports will come every Monday, Wednesday and Friday “until our health care community begins to see relief from this current surge,” the health systems said.

Here are the latest figures reported by each of the four health systems, as of Monday. The reports are a snapshot in time, as hospital capacity can change hour-to-hour as patients are admitted and discharged.

h Integris Health: 169 COVID-19 patients in its hospitals, down from 178 in the previous report. Zero ICU beds were available. Of the COVID-19 patients in its hospitals, 88% were unvaccinated.

h Mercy: 97 COVID-19 patients in Mercy hospitals across Oklahoma, down from 113 in the previous report. Of those, 42 were at Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, down from 55 in the previous report. Mercy has no ICU beds available. At Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, 86% of COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated.

h OU Health: Across all three of its hospitals, including Oklahoma Children's Hospital OU Health, there were 52 COVID-19 patients, up from 48 in the previous report. Two non-COVID ICU beds were available. 87% of its COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated.

h SSM Health St. Anthony: 124 COVID-19 patients in SSM Health St. Anthony hospitals, no change from the previous report. No ICU beds were available. An average of 90% of its hospitalized COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated.

The state Health Department has also resumed releasing daily hospital capacity reports that use data hospitals report to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Health Department's latest report Monday showed 55 ICU beds were available across the state, including nine in the Oklahoma City area.

The central region reported having negative two ICU beds available. A health department spokesman said recently the negative number was because hospital staff had increased their patient ratios, meaning staff members are caring for more patients than normal to accommodate more patients.

State health officials have acknowledged the discrepancies between their reported data on hospital capacity and what individual hospitals were reporting and said the state was working with hospital leaders to address those discrepancies.