SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California’s health department on Monday released to the public previously secret data points used to determine future hospital intensive care unit capacity, the key metric for lifting the state’s coronavirus stay-at-home order.
However, state officials did not provide an explanation for how per capita virus cases and transmission rates are combined at the regional level to project how much ICU space will be available in four weeks.
Last week, state health officials told The Associated Press they were keeping all the data secret because it is complicated and might mislead the public.
The release of the data points came after coronavirus experts, joined by a public access organization and a business group, said the