BREAKING: Texas had its biggest one-day increase in new hospitalizations from COVID yet. State is reporting 6,533 lab-confirmed hospitalizations - an increase of 620 from yesterday. That is more than double the hospitalizations from 10 days ago and is up 323% since Memorial Day
But the state is also reporting it still has 13,711 available hospital beds for COVID-19 patients and 1,405 available ICU beds. State also reports more than 5,500 ventilators available.
And we nearly his 7,000 new positive cases of COVID-19 in one day. Easily a record.
The New Texas COVID-19 data:
1,869,282 tests (up 50,093 from yesterday)
159,986 positive cases (up 6,975 from yesterday)
2,424 deaths (up 21 from yesterday)
6,533 hospitalizations (up 620 from yesterday.
1,869,282 tests (up 50,093 from yesterday)
159,986 positive cases (up 6,975 from yesterday)
2,424 deaths (up 21 from yesterday)
6,533 hospitalizations (up 620 from yesterday.
The 7-day COVID-19 averages in Texas
5,659 positive case per day
29 deaths per day
5,385 hospitalized per day
The previous 7-days
3,881 positives per day
27 deaths per day
3,335 hospitalized per day
5,659 positive case per day
29 deaths per day
5,385 hospitalized per day
The previous 7-days
3,881 positives per day
27 deaths per day
3,335 hospitalized per day
So in summary, Texas set records for total hospitalizations, new hospitalizations and total positive cases. And our deaths are increasing compared to last week.
And things are even worse on the ground in some places. As I reported earlier, major spikes in Waco, Corpus Christi and Laredo. Check out my earlier tweets for more on that.
