The only number that matters is deaths and Dan Patrick said it is still flat. All this seems to be much ado about something that is certain to happen. More tests = more cases.
Texas has a 7,200 ICU bed capacity.
Of those beds, 4,400 - or 61% - are filled w/NON-Covid patients
This, btw, is about average, for TX ICU occupancy.
18% (currently) are Covid
So, we are at 79% of ICU bed capacity, with and additional 2 - 3 K beds that can be turned into ICU beds, if needed.
This info is per Dan Patrick, who was on Varney & Co, this a.m.
Also....the surge, in Harris County hospitals (and other areas) is, imo, directly related to the Floyd protests.
(I posted, earlier, on another thread)
Texas Children’s PEDIATRIC Hospital is taking in overflow from these indigent hospitals.
....The safety net hospital system, which treats many of the roughly 1 million uninsured or underinsured residents in Harris County, was treating high volumes of patients prior to the recent spike in cases, said Harris Health President and CEO Dr. Esmaeil Porsa. Now, Harris Health is taking steps to ensure its hospitals can sustainably weather the surge in hospitalizations.
“Our ICUs are already overwhelmed, and that’s the reason why we are going through our next level of surge planning,” Porsa told the Houston Business Journal.
Harris Health has 94 ICU beds between Ben Taub and LBJ, and the hospital system is working to convert some of its 395 adult medical/surgical beds into ICU beds to handle the surge. But Harris Health needs additional ICU nurses to staff those beds, Porsa said. Harris Health has pulled employees from other non-acute areas to address shortages, but staffing is a concern, he said.
“If somehow, magically, there’s a group of 10 or 20 ICU nurses that I can have, then I can transform more of my beds into ICUs,” Porsa said.
Harris Health has also been transferring patients to other Houston-area hospitals to free up capacity. In a June 25 virtual news conference, Texas Children’s Hospital President and CEO Mark Wallace said that his hospital had taken transferred patients from Ben Taub and LBJ. Earlier this week, Harris Health transferred around 60 patients to larger hospital systems within 48 hours, Porsa said....
(HBJ link/subscription only.)
That is right the only number that counts is the death rate. Listening to Vice President Pence briefing now. The number of positive spike are the protesters under age 35. A lot of those folks are young and will not die.
The parents and grand parents they spread the virus to, we can treat, the USA is ready to take care of them.
Why the heck has Abbott reversed? I’m boiling mad at this. Texas was supposed to be back at 100% on July 4.
Only 29 dead in Texas today...why all the hysteria???