As Delta surges in the US, intensive care unit capacity is running out in hospitals in Austin and officials have warned of “catastrophe” in Texas, APA reports citing The Guardian.
Reporting from Austin, Alexandra Villarreal writes that local governments have urged residents to stay at home, wear masks and get vaccinated as the state again becomes an epicentre of the pandemic.
“The situation is critical,” Desmar Walkes, Austin-Travis county’s health authority, said in a statement. “Our hospitals are severely stressed and there is little we can do to alleviate their burden with the surging cases.”
The Texas trauma service area that includes Austin has just six ICU beds available, 499 available hospital beds and 313 ventilators for a population of nearly 2.4m.
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