Dr. Amy Duckro, a Kaiser infectious disease specialist, told the Post the health system has already closed 19 facilities to steer resources to areas that need them most.
The Oakland, Calif.-based system is postponing elective procedures and recommending patients use telehealth to interact with their providers before visiting a healthcare facility. The Post cited a Harvard Global Health and ProPublica study estimating that if 195,000 patients, or 40 percent of the Denver population, was infected with COVID-19, there would be about 6,510 patients needing hospital beds.
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