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Texas sets another record for COVID-19 patients in the hospital

by Gavin Wright
January 3, 2021
in Texas
Texas sets another record for COVID-19 patients in the hospital
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TEXAS – For the fourth day in a row, the sate of Texas has set a record for the number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital.

On Thursday, the number of people in the state who were in the hospital with COVID-19 jumped to 12,268. It’s the first time the state has surpassed 12,000.

The state’s positivity rate is also on the rise. On Thursday, Texas reported molecular tests had 20.53 percent positivity. That’s up from Wednesday’s number, which was 18.74 percent.

ICU in the Texas Medical Center

Here in Houston, the Texas Medical Center is operating in ICU Phase 2. All 13,300 of their regular ICU beds in Phase 1 are full. Thirty-four percent of those beds in Phase 1 have COVID patients in them.

ICU phase 2 allocates an extra 373 beds to handle an increase in patients, regardless of their diagnoses.

There is also a Phase 3, which doctors are prepared for. That would be an additional 504 beds. But hospital officials say Phase 3 isn’t sustainable long term.

Dr. James McDeavitt, SVP and Dean of clinical affairs for Baylor College of Medicine said earlier in the pandemic that hospital staff can sustain Phase 3 for roughly 4 weeks. Anything longer would overwhelm hospital employees and affect patient care.

When Gov. Abbott signed an executive order back in October to further reopen the state, one stipulation was that if a trauma region had seven straight days of COVID patients accounting for 15 percent or higher of hospital capacity, they would have to reduce the occupancy of indoor businesses from 75 percent to 50 percent and stop elective surgeries.

So far, two regions in our area have had to roll back. One of those regions includes Chambers, Galveston, Liberty and Brazoria Counties. Another includes Brazos, Grimes and Washington Counties.

The region that includes Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery Counties is now at five days in a row above 15 percent.

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