Exclusive: The number of intensive care beds in NSW have almost doubled from 500 to 1000 in just eight weeks as the state braces for hospitalisations | AlexSmithSMH
The number of intensive care beds in NSW has almost doubled to more than 1000 in two months, with plans for bed numbers to quadruple as the state braces for severe coronavirus cases.
On March 20 there were six people requiring intensive care while the number of people needing ventilators has also been increasing.There are 2686 confirmed cases of coronavirus in NSW and the death toll has risen to 21.
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