An updated model projects that far fewer hospital beds will be needed to cope with the CCP virus epidemic in the United States. But the model still doesn’t match reality, as there were overall fewer CCP virus hospitalizations than the model assumed already on the day the updated version was released.
The model was developed by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Its previous update from April 1 predicted the country would need 120,000 to 430,000 hospital beds for virus patients on April 16, when it indicated the epidemic would peak.
