Expert COVID prediction of 50K hospitalizations in N.Y. by April 1: 400% too high
However, the IHME model's prediction of how many people would be hospitalized in the state by April 1 was much higher than what the actual number ended up being.
The model found that on April 1, New York would need 50,962 beds.
Former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson noted that projection was far off -- it was 400 percent too high, in fact.