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Houston Officials Alarmed by Rising Covid Cases in Texas
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August 5, 2021
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2:12Now PlayingCOVID-19 hospitalization numbers for Texas are approaching 7,000 patients this week, which is approaching levels last seen in February.
Some Texas cities' health systems already are in dire circumstances, as intensive care unit beds fill up.
In Houston, officials announced they will hold a series of vaccination clinics every Saturday in August at Houston schools in a bid to get more children 12 and older vaccinated.
Mayor Sylvester Turner says he's asking Gov. Greg Abbott to allow local school districts to make their own decisions about mask mandates and today urged parents and school workers to petition Abbott to give that power to local superintendents and school boards.
Houston's chief medical officer, Dr. David Persse, says viral levels in the city's wastewater are extremely high again and he says they have been an accurate predictor of future sickness and hospitalizations.
"Our situation in the hospitals, which is already dire and dangerous, I can pretty much guarantee you, is only going to worsen over the next four weeks," said Persse
Texas health officials say the rates of COVID-19 new cases, hospitalizations and deaths are showing steeper increases than past surges.
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