COVID-19 hospitalizations at Texas Medical Center down 9% over past week

A total of 2,144 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized at Texas Medical Center facilities over the past week, a 9% decrease from the previous week, according to TMC affiliates in the nine-county Houston area. 

Since the pandemic began, 117,282 COVID-19-positive patients have been hospitalized at the center’s facilities, with a total of 104,929 patients discharged and COVID-19 deaths numbering 10,209. 

During the past week, the number of people who became infected in the Houston area from a single infected person was estimated at 1.04. 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 9,004, compared to 13,395 during the previous week, the medical center reported. And the average new daily COVID-19 hospitalizations for the past week stood at 400.