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11.16am GMT
A year into the pandemic, more than 13,500 Covid-19 patients are languishing in hospitals across Texas. With only 586 ICU beds left statewide and some regions already running out of space, “hospitals can’t take much more”, the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) recently tweeted.
Yet Covid is still raging: about one in six molecular tests in Texas comes back positive right now, well over the 10% threshold Greg Abbott, the state’s Republican governor, once viewed as a “warning flag” for high community spread.
Related: Texas governor’s hands-off approach to Covid-19 has allowed the virus to thrive
10.57am GMT
Yesterday there were 132,537 new coronavirus cases recorded in the US, and 1,775 further deaths. Numbers are often lower than average on Sunday due to different data collection practices around the US at the weekend. The total caseload, according to Johns Hopkins university figures is now over 25 million. The death toll stands at 418,887. There are still over 20 states showing a more than 5% week-on-week increase in cases.
There’s slightly better news on hospitalization levels, as according to the Covid Tracking Project the number of people in hospital in the US with Covid has fallen again to 110,628. While it is still true that at least 100,000 people have been in hospital with coronavirus every day since 2 December 2020, it marks the 11th consecutive day that the number has dropped.
Continue reading…Former president charged with ‘incitement of insurrection’ after assault on Capitol by pro-Trump mobSchumer promises quick but fair trial as impeachment heads to SenateTrump plots revenge against Republicans he says betrayed himSarah Sanders to run for Arkansas governor – reportsSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 11.16am GMTA year into the pandemic, more than 13,500 Covid-19 patients are languishing in hospitals across Texas. With only 586 ICU beds left statewide and some regions already running out of space, “hospitals can’t take much more”, the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) recently tweeted.Yet Covid is still raging: about one in six molecular tests in Texas comes back positive right now, well over the 10% threshold Greg Abbott, the state’s Republican governor, once viewed as a “warning flag” for high community spread. Related: Texas governor’s hands-off approach to Covid-19 has allowed the virus to thrive 10.57am GMTYesterday there were 132,537 new coronavirus cases recorded in the US, and 1,775 further deaths. Numbers are often lower than average on Sunday due to different data collection practices around the US at the weekend. The total caseload, according to Johns Hopkins university figures is now over 25 million. The death toll stands at 418,887. There are still over 20 states showing a more than 5% week-on-week increase in cases.There’s slightly better news on hospitalization levels, as according to the Covid Tracking Project the number of people in hospital in the US with Covid has fallen again to 110,628. While it is still true that at least 100,000 people have been in hospital with coronavirus every day since 2 December 2020, it marks the 11th consecutive day that the number has dropped. Continue reading…