Coronavirus (non political)

[Chico23231]

Here in VA, the dept of Health has several really outstanding dashboards in Tableau which has helped in presenting the data of the virus. Cases here still climbing, AS Expected, as we move towards the peak.

http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/

I think the most interesting dashboard on the first page is the VA Hospital virus dashboard which focuses on the stress of the health care system in the state.

https://www.vhha.com/communications/...ata-dashboard/

This breakdowns hospitalization, icu, ventilators, beds available, supplies, etc. taken from 115 facilities Per Data source system statement at bottom.

What I have noticed is the “ventilators use” which in the last 45 days has been a top discussion point in the press. As u can see current percentage for total ventilators usage is 21%...since this dashboard has been live the highest percentage has been 25%. But what’s really interesting is NEVER has the coranavirus been the driver of ventilators use. as you can see from breakdown is total virus use is 223 ventilators Right now...406 and are in use for other reasons. We have a total of 2,935 ventilators in state. The virus percentage from that total is 7.5%. Now we don’t know how the other 406 are being used, it could be the virus is the highest reason.

It’s really interesting to see the information. This past week, the top state health official has said “the doctors continue to say this could be the Calm before the storm, yet it’s never come”

Also when it comes to supplies, 3 facilities out of 115 saying PPE is difficult to get in a 72 hour window. Since I’ve monitored the data, the highest that number has been is 7. 97% of hospitals are not experiencing any problems with PPE supplies.

It’s great to see and monitor the data in real-time especially when it comes to the narrative versus the actual facts.