North Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations back to February levels as Delta variant spreads
North Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations back to February levels as Delta variant spreads
Hospital bed occupancy for the region is back up to levels last seen in February as doctors say the Delta variant is spreading among unvaccinated groups.
DALLAS - Both Dallas and Tarrant county commissioners addressed the growing number of hospital cases from COVID-19 on Tuesday.
Hospital bed occupancy for the region is back up to levels last seen in February as doctors say the Delta variant is spreading among unvaccinated groups.
North Texas hospitals have 1,886 COVID-19 patients currently and nearly all of them are unvaccinated, officials say. For context, on July 8 the entire state of Texas had 1,888 COVID-19 patients.
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When COVID-19 vaccines first became available, Dr. Barbara Chapman said there was a sense of hope in the medical community after being on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic for months.
That hope, according to Dr. Chapman, has recently turned to a familiar overwhelming feeling with a recent spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations following months of clinics. Chapman is a family nurse practitioner serving McKinney and east Texas. Their clinic in McKinney is able to refer patients with symptoms to hospitals, if needed.
“We were hopeful we’d gotten on top of this, and there was an end in sight. So, to see this resurgence is disheartening,” Chapman said Tuesday. “The mental health care component of this is really affecting nurses all over the country, especially my colleagues here in the Dallas area.”
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