Research Director Ken Liu with Valley Hospital workers announces an upcoming culinary union strike during public comment at the City Council meeting on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, in Las Vegas.

The number of mentally ill patients waiting in valley emergency rooms for psychiatric facility placements significantly decreased in December, with only 29 people in that situation as of Tuesday.

The Las Vegas Valley’s hospital bed capacity hovers around 4,100 beds, according to statistics from the American Hospital Directory and the Harvard Global Institute.