Table 1.

Forecast of average number of beds, ventilation devices and hospital admissions per day for treating COVID-19 in the USA, Italy, Spain, and Germany (03/01/2020–04/08/2020)

Variable	USA			Italy			Spain			Germany
	Mean	−95% CI	+95% CI	Mean	−95% CI	+95% CI	Mean	−95% CI	+95% CI	Mean	−95% CI	+95% CI
Number of beds/day	174	104	385	347	307	422	357	296	493	96	69	185
Number of ICU beds/day	48	29	104	98	88	118	97	82	133	26	19	51
Number of ventilation devices/bed/day	43	26	92	88	79	106	87	73	119	24	17	45
Number of hospital admissions/day	24	13	53	47	40	60	48	38	69	13	9	26
Number of ICU admissions/day	7	4	14	14	12	17	14	11	19	4	3	7
Cumulative deaths (COVID-19)	620	408	1253	1428	1317	1660	1359	1180	1782	352	269	644

CI = confidence interval