Texas has reported an all-time high in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalization rate, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday. For the first time, the state surpassed 5,000 new cases in a single day.
in which he urged people to take the deadly disease seriously, telling them to wear a mask in public, stay home when possible and take other precautions.
Texas is seeing a sharp rise in cases; it was just days ago that the state crossed the 4,000-case mark for the first time in its daily tally. The adult patients include people have COVID-19 and other cases. Those diagnosed with the coronavirus are being cared for in an expanded special isolation unit, according to Texas Children's Hospital.
"Probably the greater factor that's pushing our numbers up is that the positivity rate is now gone from around 3% to around 9% — that's a threefold increase," said Dr. David Persse, public health authority for the Houston Health Department, according toTexas is facing"a steep terrifying rise" in COVID-19 hospitalizations and intensive care unit admissions at the Texas Medical Center, said Dr.
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