Nueces County Calls For Extra Nurses As Hospitalizations Climb And Delta Variant Puts Unvaccinated

[TexasTowelie]

Nueces County Calls For Extra Nurses As Hospitalizations Climb And Delta Variant Puts Unvaccinated At Risk


On Monday, Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales issued an emergency call for health professionals to help her county manage the rising number of COVID-19 hospitalizations there.

Canales told Texas Standard that a nurse shortage in the Coastal Bend Region, which includes Nueces County and Corpus Christi, has been its own “crisis” in the midst of a resurgence of COVID-19.

“We’ve seen literally a tripling – and I’m certain that within the next week it’ll be a quadrupling – of hospitalizations and ICU situations, as well,” Canales said.

The good news is that over a dozen health care professionals answered her call for help.

That help will be needed as the delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread across Texas and put unvaccinated people at particular risk for infection. Approximately 60% of Nueces County residents are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Canales described the variant as “wicked” compared to the alpha variant responsible for last summer’s surge; delta spreads more easily and appears to be making younger, healthier people sicker than before.

Read more: https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/nueces-county-calls-for-extra-nurses-as-hospitalizations-climb-and-delta-variant-puts-unvaccinated-at-risk/