re: % of positives in the hospital

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What percentage of positive cases are requiring hospitalization? I am starting to believe that this information is being withheld on purpose.

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Under the testing criteria in place before last Monday, pretty much all of the tests conducted in Louisiana were on hospitalized patients. If they did not require respiratory therapy they weren't being admitted, and almost no one was tested as an outpatient.

However, with the opening up of the testing criteria, the drive through testing, etc., the number hospitalized among those confirmed positive should be going down significantly.

But I haven't seen any statistic published on this particular issue so all we can do in the absence of actual data is speculate.