For the last 25 days, the COVID-19 hospitalization rate for the hospitals in the trauma service area that includes Smith and Gregg Counties has been above 15 percent.
The COVID-19 hospitalization rates have remained above 15 percent of total capacity for the hospitals in the trauma service area that includes Smith and Gregg counties for 22 days straight.
Friday marked the eleventh day in a row that the Deep East Texas Trauma Service Area, which includes Angelina and Nacogdoches counties, had a hospitalization rate that was above 15 percent of its total capacity.
On Tuesday, the COVID-19 hospitalization rate for Trauma Service Area G rose to 18.87 percent, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.