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Study: New Jersey Needs 100,000 Hospital Beds Or More As Cases Rise Above 4,000
New Jersey had more than 4,000 coronavirus cases as of Wednesday with a total of 62 deaths, officials said.
New Jersey has more than 18,000 acute care beds including 2,000 for critical care patients, Murphy said. Officials are working to increase the capacity by 2,360 beds over the next several weeks.
But according to a study by researchers at Rutgers University-Camden, that's not nearly enough.
The state's need for additional beds triples to 300,000 if residents fail to follow social distance guidelines between now and May, the study estimates.
Rutgers University projected the nee…
