Fresenius Helios reporting figures on intensive care occupancy

Fresenius Helios has started publishing daily figures on the occupancy rate for intensive care beds in its 86 German hospitals. The website of each hospital will report the number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital’s regular and intensive care wards. It will also publish figures from the Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s national health agency, on the number of new infections in the surrounding region. Helios’ goal is to increase transparency and facilitate a data-based assessment of the pandemic at the local level. Helios Germany currently has a total of 1,300 intensive care beds across the country and could add an additional 1,000 on short notice, in the event of a sharp increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations.