A growing number of residents have checked themselves into Fort Bend County hospitals in recent weeks and been diagnosed with the Delta variant of COVID-19, setting off concern among physicians that this could be the beginning of another wave of coronavirus, according to health experts.
But unlike previous waves during the pandemic, this rise has been limited almost exclusively to people who have declined to receive the coronavirus vaccine, said Rita Obey, communications manager for Fort Bend County Health and Human Services.
âAs with the rest of the Houston region, Fort Bend County has seen a rise in cases,â Obey said. âThe vast majority of these cases have been unvaccinated residents. Out of the 367,000-plus Fort Bend County residents who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, four people who were 70-plus years of age and had comorbidities died from COVID-19.â