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Empty US Hotel Beds Could Be Vital as Hospitals Run Out

STR Insight: Owners, Operators Could Soon Become Caretakers in Truest Sense of the Word
Thousands of people who entered Shanghai were sent to an isolation hotel to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (Getty Images)
Thousands of people who entered Shanghai were sent to an isolation hotel to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (Getty Images)
CoStar Analytics
March 24, 2020 | 7:18 P.M.

According to the American Hospital Association, just under 1 million hospital beds are available in the U.S., and those are on average two-thirds filled, leaving roughly 300,000 beds available. If even just 1% of the U.S. population needs treatment from the coronavirus now circling the globe, 3.3 million beds will be needed.

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