Hospitalization rate remains above 15 % 35 days straight for area including Gregg, Smith counties
Hospitalization rate remains above 15 % 35 days straight for area including Gregg, Smith counties (Source: Courtesy photo) By KLTV Digital Media Staff | January 18, 2021 at 5:12 PM CST - Updated January 19 at 1:06 AM TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - For the past 35 days, the trauma service area that includes Smith and Gregg Counties have had a COVID-19 hospitalization rate of more than 15 percent of its hospitals’ total capacity. On Monday, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported a hospitalization rate of 19.56 percent, which is up from the number posted Sunday. Yesterday, the ho...