The number of Texans in hospitals for COVID-19 has increased by more than 50% in the past week
Texas: Health officials on Friday recorded 9,216 people in the hospital for COVID-19 statewide, more than a 50% increase in the past week.
The summer surge peaked at 13,932 patients on Aug. 26, 2021. The pandemic high was in January, when 14,218 Texans were hospitalized.
The Texas Department of State Health Services reported 360 available staffed ICU beds for adult patients, up from the pandemic low of 270 on Sept. 9, 2021. Although the state only had 126 staffed pediatric ICU beds, that is still more than the pandemic low of 64 beds reported on Aug. 4, 2021.
DSHS' 11-county Central Texas trauma service region that includes the Austin metro area has been seeing a shortage in available staffed ICU beds, with 13 adult beds and 11 pediatric beds available. The region hit a pandemic low of zero adult ICU beds on Sept. 5, 2021, and zero pediatric ICU beds on Sept. 4, 2021.
Read more: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2022/01/03/austin-covid-tracker-daily-updates-coronavirus-hospital-data/9081311002/
