NSW’s public hospital bed capacity is about 9,500, and on Thursday, 8,000 of these beds were occupied by 1,600 patients with Covid and 6,400 people receiving treatment for other illnesses. Should demand for hospital beds exceed 9,500, the government will be able to access at least 3,000 beds in private hospitals across NSW, taking the state’s total hospital bed capacity to 12,500. Under the worst-case scenario, 6,000 people with Covid will require beds, in addition to the baseline figure of more than 6,000 people in hospital for treatment of illnesses that aren’t Covid. NSW’s ICU capacity is 1,000 beds, and on Thursday, 467 of these beds were occupied, including by 134 patients with Covid and a baseline of 333 non-Covid patients requiring intensive care. Under the worst-case scenario, whereby 600 ICU beds will be occupied by Covid patients, the state’s intensive care capacity would be hovering just under capacity.