COVID-19 hospitalizations at Texas Medical Center down 14% over past week

A total of 266 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized at Texas Medical Center (TMC) facilities over the past week, a 14% decrease from the previous week, according to TMC affiliates in the nine-county Houston area. 

Since the pandemic began, 69,763 COVID-19-positive patients have been hospitalized at the center’s facilities, with a total of 63,175 patients discharged and COVID-19 deaths numbering 6,322. 

During the past week, the number of people who became infected in the Houston area from a single infected person was estimated at 0.75. An average of greater than one indicates an increasing spread of COVID-19, while a number below one indicates the spread of the virus is slowing, according to the medical center.

The average for daily new COVID-19 cases over the past week was 132, compared to 161 during the previous week, the medical center reported. And the average new daily COVID-19 hospitalizations for the past week stood at 48.