Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations surpass 13,000 for first time on Tuesday
Texas Department of State Health Services data shows hospitalizations in Texas as of January 5.
AUSTIN - COVID-19 hospitalizations in Texas surpassed 13,000 for the first time on Tuesday.
According to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services, 13,308 patients with COVID-19 were in hospitals across the state.
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Tuesday’s hospitalizations were up by more than 300 from the number reported on Monday.
It was the eighth time in nine days that the state’s COVID-19 hospitalizations set a new record high.
On December 28, more than 11,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Texas were reported for the first time, surpassing the previous high reached in June. The hospitalizations have increased to a new record high almost each of the past nine days.
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Harris, Fort Bend, other counties must close bars, rollback business capacity
Harris, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Waller and other counties have crossed the state's COVID-19 hospitalization threshold triggering rollbacks on the state's reopenings. Bars will close and business capacities will decrease.
On Tuesday, Trauma Service Area Q, which includes several Houston-area counties, surpassed the state’s hospitalization threshold to trigger a rollback on some of the reopenings.
For seven consecutive days, more than 15% of all hospital beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients in the region that includes Harris County, Montgomery County, Fort Bend County and six others.
Per Governor Abbott’s orders, when a region reaches that threshold, bars must shut down, restaurants must reduce capacity from 75% to 50%, and elective surgeries must pause.
TSA Q joins other southeast Texas areas that are in rollbacks like TSA R, which includes Galveston, Chambers, and Brazoria Counties, and TSA N, which includes Brazos, Grimes, and Washington Counties.
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The state keeps a current list of TSAs with high COVID-19 hospitalizations.