1. Children’s Wisconsin prepares to accept adult patients this w

As of Sunday, there are 899 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in southeastern Wisconsin, 209 of whom are in the ICU, according to Wisconsin Hospital Association data.

The region now has more than six times as many hospitalized COVID patients as it did in mid-September. On Sept. 15, there were 141 COVID patients hospitalized in southeastern Wisconsin.

In the region, there are 59 immediately available ICU beds as of Sunday, of the 656 total beds. There are 29 open “intermediate care” hospital beds, of 278 total; and 178 negative pressure, or isolation, rooms available, of 491 total in the region.

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