Kenzie Anderson, left, prepares to take a sample from a patient at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston on Friday. (David J. Phillip/AP)
Texas set a record for coronavirus-related hospitalizations for the 16th consecutive day on Saturday, with 5,523 patients currently being treated.
Hospitalizations have risen rapidly since Memorial Day, when there were 1,511 covid-19 patients in the state’s hospitals.
Marc Boom, an executive at Texas Medical Center in Houston, said Friday that Texans must “dramatically change” their behavior to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. The hospital’s intensive care units were nearing full capacity, he said.
Cases across the state are also on the rise. Although the 5,747 infections reported Saturday is not a new high, the state’s seven-day average of new cases set a record — 5,091 — for the 18th straight day.
Other states where cases are continuing to surge include Wyoming, whose seven-day average hit a new high Saturday for the first time since April 27. The state averaged 30 daily cases in the past week.
The number of single-day cases reported in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Nevada also hit new highs. Arizona, meanwhile, set a record, with 2,577 current hospitalizations.
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