A new report from UT Southwestern shows not only are COVID-19 cases increasing in North Texas but now, hospitalizations are too.
- Among family and friends, you may be noticing more positive COVID-19 cases. A new report from UT Southwestern shows not only are they increasing in North Texas but now, hospitalizations are too.
"We're now in excess of 700 patients with COVID-19," Stephen Love, president and CEO of the DFW Hospital Council, said. "I think what it is, is that people have not gotten their boosters, it could be that they have underlying problems.. medical issues," Love said. "The sequencing that's been done it is certainly indicating that the BA.4 and BA.5 are primarily what's causing people to be in the hospital," Love said.
Dallas County's Public Health Committee has upgraded the COVID risk level to orange, which means use extreme caution. It reported so far, 73% of residents have received one vaccine and only 24% of those eligible have been boosted.
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