Comparison of ordinary beds and ICU beds in hospitals around the world

hospital bed
This comparison is based on the average number of ordinary hospital beds per 1,000 people. Japan leads the world, South Korea follows, and Germany leads Europe, but there is still a gap between Japan and South Korea. The proportion of beds in the United States, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Singapore is basically one-fifth of that in Japan.

ICU bed saturation index
ICU beds are calculated per 100,000 people, with the US leading the world and Germany and Taiwan at the top. Italy, Singapore, and South Korea are not bad either. The UK is relatively low compared to other OECD countries.

In addition, there is severe data in the table. I used the confirmed data as of March 18, and then assumed a severe rate of 20% to calculate the assumed number of severe cases per 100,000 people. Because the current global statistics rate of severe cases is nearly 10%, but in order to calculate extreme cases or instantaneous peak conditions, I count the rate of severe cases as 20%. Confirmed data per million people x 20% ÷ 10 = number of severe cases per 100k people (hypothetical). According to this number of severe cases combined with the number of ICUs per 100k people, you can roughly see the saturation index of ICU beds.

For the United States and Germany, the number of severe cases is far less than the saturation of ICU beds. For Italy, the number of severe cases is very close to the number of ICU beds, and the number is almost saturated.

Of course, this is a figure without considering other factors, such as whether the cases are concentrated or growing slowly, the concentration of cases in each city, the shortage of medical personnel, the actual occupancy rate of ICU beds, etc. under consideration.

Comparing the data on the 25th with the data on the 18th, it can be seen that the saturation index of ICU beds in Italy is the highest, which is numerically supersaturated. Both German and American figures have multiplied.

March 18:

The data on the number of ICU beds is more scattered, and it is more difficult to find, and the source of the data is not the same year, so there are errors.