CO Coronavirus: Data On Hospitals' Discharged Patients Released

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO — The Colorado Hospital Association has released new coronavirus data about the number of hospitalized patients that have been discharged. Darlene Tad-y, the association's vice president of clinical affairs, thanked the Coloradans who've complied with the state's stay-at-home order.

“Colorado hospitals report early signs of a leveling off of patients being hospitalized with COVID-19,” Tad-y said in a statement. “Coloradans are doing an extraordinary job of social distancing, leading to this flattening of our curve.”

“We urge all Coloradans to continue this important work, just as our health care providers will continue their important work caring for our patients. We’re all in this together and doing our part – and we hope we can continue to report numbers heading in the right direction.”

Number of COVID-19 patients discharged from Colorado hospitals:

• Sunday: 167 patients
• Monday: 150 patients
• Tuesday: 204 patients

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“This is critical data that will continue to inform the decisions we are making at the state level for how to best respond to COVID-19,” Gov. Jared Polis said in a statement.

“I applaud the hospitals for finally disclosing this information. This is very useful data that informs our planning around how many hospital beds are needed and increases our knowledge of the trajectory of the virus in Colorado. The commitment of hospitals to this additional transparency is important now more than ever. We also thank the front-line health care workers, for all their work to protect and save Coloradans throughout this global pandemic.

Many COVID-19 patients require oxygen to breathe, fluids, monitoring and medication administration. Of those patients, a smaller group require critical care during their stay, the hospital association said. The critical patients often suffer multi-system organ failure, and require the support of a ventilator to breathe.

So far, Colorado hospitals have had sufficient ventilators and critical care beds to care for COVID-19 patients, the hospital association said. Hospitals have to "carefully manage" their personal protective equipment and medications inventory, however, because supply chains have been "disrupted" and are "currently unreliable," according to the association.

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