Dozens Of Texas Hospitals Report Their ICUs Are Full

The Texas Tribune reports:

Dozens of Texas hospitals have run out of intensive care unit beds as COVID-19 surges faster than any other time during the pandemic, propelled by the new delta variant.
The state is divided into 22 trauma service areas, and half of them reported 10 or fewer available ICU beds on Sunday.

As more than 9,400 COVID-19 patients fill the state’s ICUs, which are reserved for the patients who are the sickest or most injured, the trauma service area that includes Laredo reported no available ICU beds, while the area that includes Abilene reported having one.

At least 53 Texas hospitals have no available ICU capacity, according to numbers reported to the federal government. In Austin, five hospitals were at or above 90% of their ICU capacity during the same period, with two reporting no available ICU beds.

Read the full article. Earlier today Gov. Greg Abbott appealed for help from out-of-state medical workers and ordered hospitals to suspend elective procedures.

Dozens of Texas hospitals have run out of intensive care unit beds as COVID-19 surges faster than any other time during the pandemic, propelled by the new delta variant.

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— KSAT 12 (@ksatnews) August 10, 2021

Major areas in Texas are running out of ICUs and hospital beds.

School is starting soon and Labor Day weekend is coming up.

We are in so much trouble.

— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) August 10, 2021