In Italy 3% (140/5090) of intensive care beds are occupied by coronavirus patients, from wich many already were on the IC for other things and replaced to the corona IC after tested positive
https://www.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/fc2q7j/in_italy_3_1405090_of_intensive_care_beds_are/
So they can handle fluctuations of 1000 to 5000 IC patients at any given time, but not 153 corona IC patients?