STATE / CORONAVIRUS

"On a crash course": Texas hospitals brace for another COVID-19 surge as delta variant burns through unvaccinated communities

Hospital officials worry that "staggering and frightening" hospitalization rates will push facilities to capacity at a time when staffing is short and workers are exhausted.

By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune
Posted 7/29/21

When Terry Scoggin left work at Titus Regional Medical Center in Mount Pleasant on Tuesday evening, there were five patients at the facility being treated for COVID.

Overnight, six more people …

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