TX Sees Record High 10.5K Cases, Hospitals on Brink

The Texas Tribune reports:

Texas today reports 10,745 new cases of coronavirus, a record high, as number of people hospitalized surpasses 10,500.

Under Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to revive the economy, businesses started reopening in May. But he paused further reopening plans and scaled back others in June. Recently, he told one TV station he regretted reopening bars too quickly.

The governor is looking at two specific metrics to justify his decision to allow reopenings — the positive rate and hospitalization levels.

The state of Texas reported a record high of 10,791 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. The previous record was set just yesterday. Texas is also reporting 110 new deaths — another record high. pic.twitter.com/LIqVGpgIx5

— KXAN News (@KXAN_News) July 15, 2020

July 15, 2020
Texas reports 10,791 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 110 more fatalities. Both are new daily records.
There are 10,471 lab confirmed COVID-19 patients in Texas hospitals. Down 98 from Tuesday’s record high.
The statewide positivity rate is 16.81%. #khou

— The Bishop (@BillBishopKHOU) July 15, 2020

Rural Texas hospitals running short on beds, ventilators and drugs https://t.co/wjDLBfPWjc

— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) July 15, 2020

1/ Texas hospitals are running out of drugs, beds, ventilators and even staff.

Many hospitals are no longer accepting transfer patients in order to maintain space for a surge that’s expected to come.

In some parts of Texas, the surge is already here.https://t.co/YcMjbQNRxI

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) July 14, 2020