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by wickedwiesel 2278 days ago
Since I looked around a lot for newer numbers, I thought I'd point out some newer numbers in my reply to the sibling comment [0].

In summary: Data for the US from 2016-2018 suggest 93,000 ICU beds total, that is a ratio of 28.43 per 100,000. (research referenced in WoPo article linked in the comment below).

For comparison, Germany (official 2017 data) has 28031 ICU beds total, a ration of 33.76 per 100,000.

Both countries likely have the highest ratio in the world at this time.

[0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22711215