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A total of 1,484 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized at Texas Medical Center facilities over the past week, an 18% decrease from the previous week, according to TMC affiliates in the nine-county Houston area.
Since the pandemic began, 122,009 COVID-19-positive patients have been hospitalized at the center’s facilities, with a total of 110,002 patients discharged and COVID-19 deaths numbering 10,523.
During the past week, the number of people who became infected in the Houston area from a single infected person was estimated at 0.74. 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 3,885, compared to 5,425 during the previous week, the medical center reported. And the average new daily COVID-19 hospitalizations for the past week stood at 301.