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What is Victoria’s ICU capacity, and could we exceed it? – The Age
Victoria’s daily infection rate would need to quadruple for there to be any chance of intensive care departments being overwhelmed, and that’s without including surge capacity.
That modelling bears out what politicians, health authorities and emergency doctors have been saying: the state is well-equipped to cope with an increase in infections.
But it also underscores another message: the need to slow the pandemic’s growth, and soon. Only 10 days ago Victoria’s daily infection rate was just 134.
The state has 695 intensive care beds and the capacity to rapidly expand that number if cases surge, according to state Health Minister Jenny Mikakos.
William Mackey, the Gra…
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