Dr. Smith delivered some really interesting hospitalization and vent outcome statistics yesterday. As of 6/25, there had been 1,300 Arkansans ever hospitalized and 203 Arkansans ever on a ventilator. The data below is based on hospitalizations and ventilated patients to that date

Hospitalizations

20% of patients ever hospitalized for Covid-19 in Arkansas were currently hospitalized as of June 25.

Using the 80% of hospitalizations that have a known outcome (discharge or death):

- 83% were discharged
- 17% died

Ventilator Outcomes

25% of patients ever on a ventilator for Covid-19 in Arkansas were currently on a ventilator as of June 25.

Using the 75% of ventilated patients with a known outcome (recovery or death):

- 38% were removed from the ventilator (recovered)
- 62% died

Something interesting to note is that using the data dating back to the beginning of the pandemic in Arkansas, 15.6% of Covid-hospitalized patients required a ventilator. However, throughout June, an average of 23.6% of Covid-hospitalized patients required a ventilator.

This may be showing us that as hospital space tightens, fewer of the less severe cases are hospitalized in favor of those more likely to require ventilator support.

If you want to reference this later, I added this to the Blog: https://arkansascovid.com/2020/07/hospitalization-and-ventilator-outcomes/