Houston Hospitals Are Seeing A 'Fourth Wave' Of COVID-19
Houston hospitals are seeing an incoming “fourth wave” of COVID-19 as the more contagious delta variant of the coronavirus spreads across the region, hospital leaders said Tuesday.
Leaders at the Texas Medical Center are raising concerns over the threat the delta variant will pose in Greater Houston, after the group of hospitals — which has been tracking COVID-19 data for more than a year — saw the number of hospitalizations rise over the past few weeks. The recent trend comes after months of a downward progression of COVID-19 cases since since January.
At Houston Methodist Hospital, COVID-19 patients have nearly doubled in the past week alone. Meanwhile, the Memorial Hermann Health System modified its visitor policy on Tuesday in response to “the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the Greater Houston area.”
The rise coincided with the more contagious and virulent delta variant becoming the dominant strain in Houston and across the country.
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